It is manifestly contrary to the law of nature, however defined, that a handful of people should gorge themselves with superfluities while the hungry majority goes in need of necessities.

What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?

Finance is a slave's word.

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it.

It is easier to conquer than to administer. With enough leverage, a finger could overturn the world; but to support the world, one must have the shoulders of Hercules.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

A citizen should render to the state all the services he can as soon as the sovereign demands them.