A moderately honest man with a moderately faithful wife, moderate drinkers both, in a moderately healthy house: that is the true middle class unit.

I have to live for others and not for myself; that's middle class morality.

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis.

Money is the counter that enables life to be lived socially: it is life as truly as sovereigns and banknotes are money

Morality consists of suspecting other people of not being legally married.

A newspaper, not having to act on its descriptions and reports, but only to sell them to idly curious people, has nothing but honor to lose by inaccuracy and unveracity.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

Parentage is a very important profession; but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

He knows nothing and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

The politician who once had to learn to flatter Kings has now to learn how to fascinate, amuse, coax, humbug, frighten, or otherwise strike the fancy of the electorate.