The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity and beauty . . . . Not the least of its virtues is that it destroys basic people as certainly as it fortifies and dignifies noble people.

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

Trade unionism is not socialism. It is the capitalism of the proletariat.

Nature holds no brief for the human experiment; it must stand or fall by its results.

Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.

The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with greater virtuosity by knaves than by honest men (who are apt to disdain it), has a different technique in different countries. For instance, in England we excel in whitewashing: in America they excel in tarring and feathering. We strain our nerves and stretch our consciences to avoid a scandal: Americans do the same to make one.