Who said “I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about…”?

“A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.”

“A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.”

“He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.”

“Solvency is maintained by means of the national debt, on the principle, "If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?"”

“As individuals and as a nation, we now suffer from social narcissism. The beloved Echo of our ancestors, the virgin America, has been abandoned. We have fallen in love with our own image, with images of our making, which turn out to be images of ourselves.”

“Those who trust us educate us.”

“Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand.”

“What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?”

“One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.”

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

“The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.”