Throughout The Greater Part Of His Life

The Cardinal Maxim Is, That Any Aid To A Present Bad Bank Is The Surest Mode Of Preventing The Establishment Of A Future Good Bank.

A Bureaucracy Is Sure To Think That Its Duty Is To Augment Official Power, Official Business, Or Official Members, Rather Than To Leave Free The Energies Of Mankind; It Overdoes The Quantity Of Government, As Well As Impairs Its Quality. The Truth Is, That A Skilled Bureaucracy Is, Though It Boasts Of An Appearance Of Science, Quite Inconsistent With The True Principles Of The Art Of Business.

Nothing Is More Unpleasant Than A Virtuous Person With A Mean Mind.

The Greatest Mistake Is Trying To Be More Agreeable Than You Can Be.

Not Only Does A Bureaucracy Tend To Under-government In Point Of Quality; It Tends To Over-government In Point Of Quantity.