One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.

I'm all for prosperity. It's change I object to.

A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public

Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark: -- I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars.

Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

Virtue has never been as respectable as money.

The history of our race, and each individual’s experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.