There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

Successful investing is anticipating the anticipations of others.

If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.

The glory of the nation you love is a desirable end, — but generally to be obtained at your neighbor's expense.

The introduction of a substantial Government transfer tax on all transactions might prove the most serviceable reform available,with a view to mitigating the predominance of speculation in the United States.

Ideas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel - these are things which should in their nature be international. But let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible and above all let finance be primarily national.