Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Where there are no women there are no good manners

Where there are no women there are no good manners

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have read more

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my read more

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great read more

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.