Bankruptcies of governments have, on the whole, done less harm to mankind than their ability to raise loans.

It is probable that democracy owes more to nonconformity than to any other single movement.

If a man has important work, and enough leisure and income to enable him to do it properly, he is in possession of as much happiness as is good for any of the children of Adam.

One of the main truths of all education is that if the young are not always right, the old are always wrong.

Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.

Bankruptcies of governments have, on the whole, done less harm to mankind than their ability to raise loans.

A society which reverences the attainment of riches as the supreme felicity will naturally be disposed to regard the poor as damned ... if only to justify itself for making their life a hell.