Consistency is the enemy of enterprise, just as symmetry is the enemy of art.
In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness.
Morals are a luxury of the rich.
Nothing makes a man so selfish as work.
Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel: they don't know; and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond.
Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.