“There can be no greater error then in supposing that capital is increased by non-consumption.”

“But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop, the greater is the concentration of production and capital which gives rise to monopoly?”

“In general it may be said that demand is quite as necessary to the increase of capital as the increase of capital is to demand.”

“There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation.”

“the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners”

“In the same way crimes have increased laws, errors have increased explanations.”

“For capitalism is abolished root and branch by the bare assumption that it is personal consumption and not enrichment that works as the compelling motive.”

“The greater our knowledge increases the greater our ignorance unfolds.”

“A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not an article for mere consumption, but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.”

“Nobody ever made a grammatical error in a non-literate society.”