The mob, when they are gazing at a dancer on the slack rope, naturally writhe and twist and balance their own bodies, as they see him do.

It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver.

Man, an animal that makes bargains.

The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.

The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the contempt, of which vice and folly are the only proper objects, is most often unjustly bestowed upon poverty and weakness, has been the complaint of moralists in all ages.

In public, as well as in private expences, great wealth may, perhaps, frequently be admitted as an apology for great folly.