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.

In the affluent society, no useful distinction can be made between luxuries and necessities.

If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

Only foolish people are completely secure.

There can be no question, however, that prolonged commitment to mathematical exercises in economics can be damaging. It leads to the atrophy of judgement and intuition. . .

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.