For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.

Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris

There is no need to suppose that human beings differ very much one from another; but it is true that the ones who come out on top are the ones who have been trained in the hardest school.

You shouldn't feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven't tasted, but for the one you are about to lose

I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness and narrowness of mind.

Abstinence from all injustice to other first-rate powers is a greater tower of strength than anything that can be gained by the sacrifice of permanent tranquillity for an apparent temporary advantage.

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.