Civilized countries generally adopt gold or silver or both as money.

The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings

Political Economy or Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life.

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.

Knowledge is our most powerful engine of production.

In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.

The price of every thing rises and falls from time to time and place to place; and with every such change the purchasing power of money changes so far as that thing goes.

The most reckless and treacherous of all theorists is he who professes to let facts and figures speak for themselves.

Nature's action is complex: and nothing is gained in the long run by pretending that it is simple, and trying to describe it in a series of elementary propositions.

In every age poets and social reformers have tried to stimulate the people of their own time to a nobler life by enchanting stories of the virtues of the heroes of old.

Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one).

People these days can’t seem to tolerate one moment without entertainment!

Never forget that to forgive yourself is to release trapped energy that could be doing good work in the world.

Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.

A nation that has nothing but its amusements will not be amused for long.

I'm not really into makeup, not really into fuffing with hair and stuff.

The inner eye does not see upon command.

I've found my true calling in life, and I'm living life on my terms.

I always thought I was a little shy, especially compared to my brother and my sister, but I guess I was always the kid doing performances in the front room.

An honest heart is not to be trusted with itself in bad company.

I don't drink, I don't smoke and I don't party.