If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused.

The counting-room maxims liberally expounded are laws of the Universe. The merchant's economy is a coarse symbol of the soul's economy. It is, to spend for power, and not for pleasure.

Wise men are not wise at all times.

No orator can top the one who can give good nicknames.

The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add.

Every man believes that he has greater possibilities.

When it comes to divide an estate, the politest men quarrel.