We Can Bear To Be Deprived Of

Fashion Is Gentility Running Away From Vulgarity And Afraid Of Being Overtaken

The More You Do, The More You Can Do.

A Man Who Does Not Endeavour To Seem More Than He Is Will Generally Be Thought Nothing Of. We Habitually Make Such Large Deductions For Pretence And Imposture That No Real Merit Will Stand Against Them. It Is Necessary To Set Off Our Good Qualities With A Certain Air Of Plausibility And Self-importance, As Some Attention To Fashion Is Necessary.

The Way To Secure Success Is To Be More Anxious About Obtaining Than About Deserving It.

Poverty Is The Test Of Civility And The Touchstone Of Friendship.