In The Faculty Of Writing

A Political Country Is Like An American Forest; You Have Only To Cut Down The Old Trees, And Immediately New Trees Come Up To Replace Them.

The Whole History Of Civilization Is Strewn With Creeds And Institutions Which Were Invaluable At First, And Deadly Afterwards

The Business Of Banking Ought To Be Simple. If It Is Hard It Is Wrong. The Only Securities Which A Banker, Using Money That He May Be Asked At Short Notice To Repay, Ought To Touch, Are Those Which Are Easily Saleable And Easily Intelligible.

The Cure For Admiring The House Of Lords Is To Go And Look At It.

The Reason Why So Few Good Books Are Written Is, That So Few People That Can Write Know Anything. In General An Author Has Always Lived In A Room, Has Read Books, Has Cultivated Science, Is Acquainted With The Style And Sentiments Of The Best Authors, But He Is Out Of The Way Of Employing His Own Eyes And Ears. He Has Nothing To Hear And Nothing To See. His Life Is A Vacuum.