The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury is the first, second and third cause of the ruin of republics. It is the vampire which soothes us read more

Luxury is the first, second and third cause of the ruin of republics. It is the vampire which soothes us into a fatal slumber while it sucks the lifeblood of our veins.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

It is impossible to overdo luxury

It is impossible to overdo luxury

Fell luxury! more perilous to youth
Than storms or quicksands, poverty of chains.

Fell luxury! more perilous to youth
Than storms or quicksands, poverty of chains.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its
necessities.

Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its
necessities.

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the read more

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.