Opulence Quotes

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.

If the demand for home commodities should be diminished, because of the fall of rent on the part of the landlords, it will be increased in a far greater degree by the increased opulence of the commercial classes.

Defense is superior to opulence.

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none.