"Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity."

"The less you eat, drink, buy books, go to the theatre, go to the ball, go to the pub, think, love, theorize, sing, paint, fence, etc., the more you save and the greater becomes your treasure which nei…"

"I am humorous, but the law bids me write seriously. I am audacious, but the law commands that my style be modest."

"Capital is dead labour, which, vampire-like, only lives by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks."

"Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people."