"Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels."

"It is well-known what a middleman is; he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other."

"The age of chivalry is past. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever."

"The only way to ascertain the truth is to examine the evidence."

"When asked about belief in God, he replied that he believed what most intelligent men believed. When asked what that was, he said, 'like most intelligent men I don't say.'"