Economics is a very dangerous science.

Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one.

The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all.

An investor who proposes to ignore near-term market fluctuations needs greater resources for safety and must not operate on so large a scale, if at all, with borrowed money.

Gold is a relic from a time when government's were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now.

One blames politicians, not for inconsistency but for obstinacy. They are the interpreters, not the masters, of our fate. It is their job, in fact, to register the fact accompli.

Like all his type, Newton was wholly aloof from women.