A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.

Inflation does not lubricate trade but by rescuing traders from their errors of optimism or stupidity.

The more underdeveloped the country, the more overdeveloped the women.

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

Men will look back in amusement at the pretence that once caused people to refer to General Dynamics and North American Aviation and AT&T as private business.

Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego.

The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius. The resulting performance, though less inspiring, is far more predictable.