"The ideal man is the man of reason, the man who is guided by his mind and is not swayed by his emotions."

"Reason is man's only proper means of acquiring knowledge."

"Equality, in the sense of political equality, is equality before the law. But equality of income, equality of property, equality of privilege, equality of anything else, is not equality; it is slavery…"

"An honest man is one who knows that he can’t consume more than he has produced."

"To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self-esteem, is capable of love—because he is the only man capable of holding firm, consistent, uncompromising, unbetrayed values."