Il faut compter ses richesses par les moyens qu'on a de satisfaire ses de¤  sirs. We must count our riches by the means we have to satisfy our desires.

-Pre¤  vost, Abbe¤   Antoine-Fran c° ois
Histoire du chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut, ch.2.

   Sceptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

-Sagan, Carl Edward
  Interview in TheTimes, 20 Oct.

We took away their countryand their means of support, broke up their mode of living, their habits of life, introduced disease and decayamong them and it was for this and against this they made war.Could anyone expect less?

-Sheridan, Philip Henry
c.1870  Quoted inThomas C Leonard Above the Battle (1978).

Although woman has performed much of the labor of theworld, her industryand economy have beenthevery means of increasing her degradation.

-Stanton, Elizabeth ne¤  e  Cady
The History ofWoman Suffrage1848^61, vol.1, ch.1, 'Preceding Causes'.

The end may justify the means, as long as there is something that justifies the end.

-Trotsky, Leon originally Lev Davidovich Bronstein
Attributed.

Do all the good you can By all the means you can In all the ways you can In all the places you can To all the people you can As long as ever you can.

-Wesley,John
  'Rules of Conduct'.

To make a start, out of particulars and make them general, rolling up the sum, by defective meansö Sniffing the trees, just another dog among a lot of dogs.What else is there? And to do?

-Williams,William Carlos
  Paterson, bk.1, preface.