Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its own sophisms, and keep it on guard against the fallacies which it practices on others

It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.