The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.

Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.

Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?

Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?

Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.

Like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.

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 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.

Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my
friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: read more

Then there is that glorious Epicurean paradox, uttered by my
friend, the Historian in one of his flashing moments: "Give us
the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with its necessaries."

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.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.