He that is much flattered soon learns to flatter himself.

When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.

Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favour.

One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.

Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves.

Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign the use of their own eyes and ears, and resolve to believe nothing that does not favor those whom they profess to follow.

Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good.