Happiness does not require an expanding economy

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.

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

The sense of responsibility in the financial community for the community as a whole is not small. It is nearly nil.