Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.

Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself.

Principles do not mainly influence even the principled; we talk on principle, but we act on interest.

Interest speaks all sorts of tongues, and plays all sorts of parts, even that of disinterestedness.

Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity.

A man will fight harder for his interests than his rights.

The truth is that no horizon is especially interesting by itself, by virtue of its peculiar content, and that any horizon, wide or narrow, brilliant or dull, varied or monotonous, may possess an interest of its own which merely requires a vital adjustment to be discovered.

It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you.

A world of vested interests is not a world which welcomes the disruptive force of candour.

There are no uninteresting things, there are only uninterested people.