Man makes up his mind he will preach, and he preaches.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

A man reveals his character even in the simplest things he does.

If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her.

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

There are some souls so base and filthy that they love gain and interest as noble souls love fame and virtue, knowing one pleasure only, that of making money or of not losing it; anxious and avid for their ten per cent; entirely preoccupied with what is owed them; forever concerned about the depreciation or discredit of money; buried, and as it were engulfed, amid contracts, title-deeds and parchments. Such people are neither parents, friends, citizens or Christians, nor, perhaps, even men; they merely have money.