Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings

A moment is a concentrated eternity.

In politics and in trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and clerks.

If, at any time, it comes into my head, that a present is due from me to somebody, I am puzzled what to give, until the opportunity is gone.

Whilst we want cities as the centres where the best things are found, cities degrade us by magnifying trifles.

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.