We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way.

An Englishman does everything on principle: he fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial principles.

He who has never hoped can never despair

If in the library of your house you do not have the works of the ancient Greek writers, then you live in a house with no light.

Man is the only animal which esteems itself rich in proportion to the number and voracity of its parasites.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. If all economists were laid end to end they would not reach a conclusion.