Because Impudence is a Vice, it does not follow that Modesty is a Virtue; it is built upon Shame, a Passion… — Bernard Mandeville

There is no Intrinsick Worth in Money but what is alterable with the Times, and whether a Guinea goes for Twenty Pounds or for a Shilling, it is … the Labour of the Poor, and not the high and low value that is set on Gold or Silver, which all the Comforts of Life must arise from.

Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.

Pride and Vanity have built more Hospitals than all the Virtues together.