The chief use of servants is the evidence they afford of the master's ability to pay.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.

Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.

The thief or swindler who has gained great wealth by his delinquency has a better chance than the small thief of escaping the rigorous penalty of the law.

Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery

Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.

Socialism is a dead horse.

All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.

Life follows a rhythm and we hold the drum.

I don't consider those competitions fair where judges get to decide the winner, because selected judges quite often are not worthy or qualified enough to make the right decision.

Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me.

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

You couldn't make the fans throw up their hands if they swallowed their fingers.

I just try to work with what I'm given and make it the best I can.

The Sherman Act is similar in the economics sphere to the Bill of Rights in the personal sphere.

Donald Trump says, we talked about the wall, but we didn't talk about who was going to pay for it, not in this meeting. President Pena Nieto doesn't say or do anything.

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

Whenever conscience commands anything, there is only one thing to fear, and that is fear.