There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.

It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.

However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of you.

For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.

In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest.

There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.

The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.