We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

A [New Yorker ] is what it has always been. It combines those who pursue the truth with those who pursue the rewards of orthodoxy and those who pursue what is comfortable to the rich.

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.

When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.

When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover.

The income men derive from producing things of slight consequence is of great consequence. The production reflects the low marginal utility of the goods to society. The income reflects the high total utility of a livelihood to a person.

The man who is admired for the ingenuity of his larceny is almost always rediscovering some earlier form of fraud. The basic forms are all known, have all been practiced. The manners of capitalism improve. The morals may not.