People of Wealth and the so called upper class suffer the most from boredom.

Pride works from within; it is the direct appreciation of oneself.

We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss their existence as witnesses to our success.

A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft.

Men best show their character in trifles, where they are not on their guard. It is in the simplest habits, that we often see the boundless egotism which pays no regard to the feelings of others and denies nothing to itself.

Patriotism is the passion of fools and the most foolish of passions.

When a man has reached a condition in which he believes that a thing must happen because he does not wish it, and that what he wishes to happen never will be, this is really the state called desperation.