Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

Every man, however little, makes a figure in his own eyes.

Beauty loses its relish; the graces never.

An infallible way to make your child miserable is to satisfy all his demands.

Custom is the great leveller. It corrects the inequality of fortune by lessening equally the pleasures of the prince and the pains of the peasant.

Genius is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution; delicacy of taste, to calmness and sedateness. Hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every passion.

Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.