Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are,
and silently as they throw their silken chains about read more

Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are,
and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart,
enslave it more than the most active and turbulent vices.

Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.

Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.

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.

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

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

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.

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no read more

Luxury may possibly contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

It is impossible to overdo luxury

It is impossible to overdo luxury