All Middlesex Is Ugly, Notwithstanding The Millions

Another Great Evil Arising From This Desire To Be Thought Rich; Or Rather, From The Desire Not To Be Thought Poor, Is The Destructive Thing Which Has Been Honored By The Name Of "speculation"; But Which Ought To Be Called Gambling.

Poverty Is, Except Where There Is An Actual Want Of Food And Raiment, A Thing Much More Imaginary Than Real. The Shame Of Poverty--the Shame Of Being Thought Poor--it Is A Great And Fatal Weakness, Though Arising In This Country, From The Fashion Of The Times Themselves.

To Be Poor And Independent Is Very Nearly An Impossibility.

The Power Which Money Gives Is That Of Brute Force; It Is The Power Of The Bludgeon And The Bayonet.

If The People Of Sheffield Could Only Receive A Tenth Part Of What Their Knives Sell For By Retail In America, Sheffield Might Pave Its Streets With Silver.