The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast

He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas.

Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others who are within his sphere of action: and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.

Think What You Do When You Run in Debt: You Give to Another Power over Your Liberty

Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress of human knowledge will be rapid and discoveries made of which we have at present no conception. I begin to be almost sorry I was born so soon, since I cannot have the happiness of knowing what will be known a hundred years hence.

Money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more.