The prodigality of millionaires is comparable only to their greed of gain. Let some whim or passion seize them and money is of no account. In fact these Croesuses find whims and passions harder to come by than gold.

A knowledge of mankind and of things that surround us gives us that second education which proves far move valuable than our first because it alone turns out a truly accomplished man.

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.

In the medical profession a horse and carriage are more necessary than any scientific knowledge.

Your modest savant smiles as he says to his admirers: What have I done? Nothing. Man does not invent a force, he directs it.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.