Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.
There never was a bad man that had ability for good service.
Futurity is the great concern of mankind.
It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
Nothing, indeed, but the possession of some power can with any certainty discover what at the bottom is the true character of any man.
For as wealth is power, so all power will infallibly draw wealth to itself by some means or other; and when men are left no way of ascertaining their profits but by their means of obtaining them, those means will be increased to infinity.