Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think.

Self denial is not a virtue: it is only the effect of prudence on rascality

I am sure that if people had to choose between living where the noise of children never stopped and where it was never heard, all the good-natured and sound people would prefer the incessant noise to the incessant silence.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the government. And, with due respect to these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.