It is very grand to die in harness, but it is very pleasant to have the tight straps unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck and shoulders.

Imitation is a necessity of human nature.

In my opinion, economists and sociologists are the people to whom we ought to turn more than we do for instruction in the grounds and foundations of all rational decisions.

To be master of any branch of knowledge, you must master those which lie next to it, and thus to know anything you must know all.

My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.

Any tax is a discouragement and therefore a regulation so far as it goes.

Any new formula which suddenly emerges in our consciousness has its roots in long trains of thought; it is virtually old when it first makes its appearance among the recognized growths of our intellect.