In bourgeois society capital is independent and has individuality, while the living person is dependent and has no individuality.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.