"Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man."

"Jews show so near an affinity to you... Where is your Christianity if you do not believe in their Judaism?"

"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend."

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

"Be frank and explicit. That is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others."