“Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.” — Charles Caleb Colton

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.