Philosophy is by the timid for the timid.

Financiers are great mythomaniacs, their explanations and superstitions are those of primitive men; the world is a jungle to them.They perceive acutely that they are at the dawn of economic history.

I do not want to go to heaven; I want my children, forever children, and other children, stalwart adults, and a good happy wife, that is all I ask, but not paradise; earth is good enough for me: it is because I believe earth is heaven, Naden, that I can overcome all my troubles and face down my enemies.

A lie is real; it aims at success. A liar is a realist.

Women have been brought up much like slaves, that is, to lie.

A dominant race did not lie, because it had the whip.

A tory youth is a youth speculating on his future.