It isn't idealists who do the work of the world, but the hard-headed, practical, selfish men.

A big employer of labour 'll do more good in a day, just because he sees profit 'll come of it, than all the mooning philanthropists in a hundred years.

Nothing solid has ever been gained in this world that wasn't pursued out of self-interest.

Look at Dalmaine.

How much do you think he cares for the factory-hands he's always talking about?
But he'll do them many a good turn; he'll make many a life easier; and just because it's his business to do so, because it's the way of advancing himself.