Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man read his own dark heart.

A gentleman's taste in dress is upon principle, the avoidance of all things extravagant. It consists in the quiet simplicity of exquisite neatness; but, as the neatness must be a neatness in fashion, employ the best tailor; pay him ready money, and, on the whole, you wi11 find him the cheapest.

When a man is not amused, he feels an involuntary contempt for those who are.

Master books, but do not let them master you.

You know There are moments when silence, prolonged and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken.

The object of ambition, unlike that of love, never being wholly possessed, ambition is the more durable passion of the two.

Love like Death,, Levels all ranks, and lays the shepherd's crook Beside the scepter