It isrequisite from time to time to remind one generation of the experience which led a former generation to important legislative actions.

Value is the most invincible and impalpable of ghosts, and comes and goes unthought of, while the visible and dense matter remains as it was.

A little experience is worth much argument; a few facts are better than any theory.

Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory.

The difficulties of economics are mainly the difficulties of conceiving clearly and fully the conditions of utility.

we often observe that there is abundance of capital to be had at low rates of interest, while there are also large numbers of artisans starving for want of employment.

As a general rule, it is foolish to do just what other people are doing, because there are almost sure to be too many people doing the same thing.

Logic should no longer be considered an elegant and learned accomplishment; it should take its place as an indispensable study for every well-informed person.

The theory which follows is entirely based on a calculus of pleasure and pain; and the object of economics is to maximize happiness by purchasing pleasure, as it were, at the lowest cost of pain.

but, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science.

A correct theory is the first step towards improvement, by showing what we need and what we might accomplish.

Fear is all in the mind

There is no jealous man, without a flirtatious woman.

There is no gap between art and politics.

It is my belief that tax credits only go to people who are making money, and they generally keep it.

A man who thinks too much about his ancestors is like a potato-the best part of him is underground.

Non-co-operation in the political field is an extension of the doctrine as it is practised in the domestic field.

Caring can be learned by all human beings, can be worked into the design of every life, meeting an individual need as well as a pervasive need in society.

The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.

It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to enjoy the fruits of one's labour.

For so work the honey bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom.