When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.

The principle objectives in life are love, the creation and enjoyment if aesthetic experience, the pursuit of knowledge. Love comes a long way first.

The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind.

By this means (fractional reserve banking) government may secretly and unobserved, confiscate the wealth of the people, and not one man in a million will detect the theft.

To suggest social action for the public good to the city London is like discussing The Origin of Species to a Bishop sixty years ago.

I know of only three people who really understand money. A professor at another university. One of my students. And a rather junior clerk at the Bank of England.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.