Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.
Conventions are often more cruel than the law.
The mind, too, has its regimen. It needs gymnastics, just like the body does.
The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind.