The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature.

The truth is that cupidity, selfishness, envy, malice, lust, vindictiveness, are constant vices of human nature.

Every man and woman in society has one big duty. That is, to take care of his or her own self. This is a social duty. For, fortunately, the matter stands so that the duty of making the best of one's self individually is not a separate thing from the duty of filling one's place in society, but the two are one, and the latter is accomplished when the former is done

It is the greatest folly of which a man can be capable to sit down with a slate and pencil to plan out a new social world.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. The radical vice of all these schemes, from a sociological point of view, is that C is not allowed a voice in the matter, and his position, character, and interests, as well as the ultimate effects on society through C's interests, are entirely overlooked. I call C the Forgotten Man.

What man ever blamed himself for his misfortune?

The forgotten man... He works, he votes, generally he prays, but his chief business in life is to pay.