Men decided that it was better to pay taxes than to fight among themselves; better to pay tribute to one magnificent robber than to bribe them all.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.

There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present.

So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.

Communism is the opiate of the people.

Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game

Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard