Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most human behavior and the strange stability of certain principles. Men are constantly on the move, but the spirit of humanity seems almost unmoved.

Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient, supple, …

We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.

Though it is very important for man as an individual that his religion should be true, that is not the case for society. Society has nothing to fear or hope fr…

'In embracing change, entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability.'

Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves …

I believe in God. When everything collapses, we grip the last hold, we look from the secure haven how the godless society of the old, holy Europe falls apart. …