No man forgets his original trade: the rights of nations and of kings sink into questions of grammar, if grammarians discuss them

No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to himself.

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to you previous self.

Keeping accounts, Sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own money, and has nobody to whom he is to account. You won't eat less beef today, because you have written down what it cost yesterday.

Wrongdoers may have their foreign trade operation rights annulled for as long as three years.

Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.