All the other passions do occasional good, but whenever pride puts in its word, everything goes wrong, and what it might really be desirable to do, quietly and innocently, it is mortally dangerous to do, proudly.

Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.

What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?

Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him.

The object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but enjoy them

All the other passions do occasional good, but whenever pride puts in its word, everything goes wrong, and what it might really be desirable to do, quietly and innocently, it is mortally dangerous to do, proudly.

You may sell your work, but not your soul.