Luxury has been railed at for two thousand years, in verse and in prose, and it has always been loved.

The best is the enemy of the good.

I have no morals, yet I am a very moral person

Whosoever does not know how to recognize the faults of great men is incapable of estimating their perfections.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

For can anything be sillier than to insist on carrying a burden one would continually much rather throw to the ground?

There are men who can think no deeper than a fact.