A fool is wiser in his own house than a sage is in another man's house.

One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.

Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to indulge in declamation and denunciation, and especially to furnish an easy living to some officers who do not want to work.

I have lived through the best years of this country's history. The next generations are going to see war and social calamities. I am glad I don't have to live on into them.

Yet we are constantly annoyed, and the legislatures are kept constantly busy, by the people who have made up their minds that it is wise and conducive to happiness to live in a certain way, and who want to compel everybody else to live in their way.

What is the real relation between happiness and goodness? It is only within a few generations that men have found courage to say that there is none.

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.