Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.

The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods.

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper.

The first duty of an editor is to gauge the sentiment of his reader, and then to tell them what they like to believe.

Only individuals with an aberrant temperament can in the long run retain their self-esteem in the face of the disesteem of their fellows.

Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery