The makers of fortunes have a second love of money as a creation of their own, resembling the affection of authors for their own poems, or of parents for their children, besides that natural love of it for the sake of use and profit.
The worst of all deceptions is self-deception.
He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
Democracy passes into despotism.
The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
As it is, lovers of inquiry must follow their beloved wherever it may lead.