It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift.

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

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.