You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?

I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul.

Life is a first draft... with NO rewrite.

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the government. And, with due respect to these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.

From Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way.

The British are apt to make merits of their stupidities, and to represent their various incapacities as points of good breeding.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.