"Anyone, without any great penetration, may distinguish..." - Quote by Aristotle

“Adventure is worthwhile.”

“Property should be in a certain sense common, but, as a general rule, private; for, when every one has a distinct interest, men will not complain of one another, and they will make more progress, because every one will be attending to his own business.”

“We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live in conformity with the highest that is within us; for even if it is small in quantity, in power and preciousness, it far excels all the rest.”

“Here's the major problem with going on strike for more money: You cannot get rich by demand!”

“The pulpit and the press have many commonplaces denouncing the thirst for wealth, but if men should take these moralists at their word, and leave off aiming to be rich, the moralists would rush to rekindle at all hazards this love of power in the people, lest civilization should be undone.”

“Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue.”

“We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.”

“Another way of verbally masking elite preemption of other people's decisions is to use the word 'ask'-as in 'We are just asking everyone to pay their fair share.' But of course governments do not ask, they: tell. The Internal Revenue Service does not 'ask' for contributions. It takes.”

“The equator was wisely put where it is, because if it had been run through Europe all the kings would have tried to grab it.”