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.

He who doth not smoke hath either known no great griefs, or refuseth himself the softest consolation, next to that which comes from heaven.

The curse of the great is ennui.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Ambition has no rest.

The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.

Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.