Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.

It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.

I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.

The problem with cap-and-trade and programs such as carbon capture and storage is that they all assume that business as usual can continue. The financial meltdown and peak oil has pretty much demonstrated that business as usual's not going to work.

The role of money in politics is a major problem and particularly the role of unchecked anonymous money.

I'm not that materialistic. I like nice clothes and that, but I don't spend lots of money on stuff. I'm not really into TV, I don't have an iPod, I've got a gramophone.