Poverty is not the fault of the poor. It is the fault of a system…

There is no reason why a woman should not receive the same pay for the same work as a man. To argue otherwise is to argue against justice.

Let us prove ourselves as good as any man, and better than some.

Riches is not what we have, but what we enjoy.

I feel very sad, as though I had not a friend in the world.... A man is nowhere without money.... People care little about you without money.... People talk terribly. We find that we have but few friends left ... I feel sad and constantly …

The game of speculation is the most uniformly fascinating game in the world. But it is not a game for the stupid, the mentally lazy, the person of inferior emotional balance, or the get-rich-quick adventurer. They will die poor.

He made him a hut, wherein he did put The carcass of Robinson Crusoe. O poor Robinson Crusoe!