The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

At present there is not a single credible established religion in the world.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

Financiers live in a world of illusion. They count on something which they call the capital of the country, which has no existence.

My opportunities were still there, nay, they multiplied tenfold; but the strength and youth to cope with them began to fail, and to need eking out with the shifty cunning of experience.

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.

Life is a constant becoming: all stages lead to the beginning of others.