Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below themselves to exercise either good nature or good manners.
Roger L'EstrangeHe that upon a true principle lives, without any disquiet of thought, may be said to be happy.
Roger L'EstrangeMen are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.
Roger L'EstrangeIt is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.
Roger L'EstrangeMoney does all things,--for it gives and it takes away; it makes honest men and knaves, fools and philosophers; and so forward, mutatis mutandis, to the end of the chapter.
Roger L'Estrange