A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. Mansfield Park

Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth and nothing easier than flattery. If there’s the hundredth part of a false note in speaking the truth, it leads to a discord, and that leads to trouble. But if all, to the last note, is false in flattery, it is just as agreeable, and is heard not without satisfaction. It may be a coarse satisfaction, but still a satisfaction. And however coarse the flattery, at least half will be sure to seem true. That’s so for all stages of development and classes of society. Crime And Punishment

For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses. The Gay Science

“There is an old saying that "by the yard it's hard; but inch by inch, anything's a cinch!” Eat That Frog!