The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.

Love which economizes is never true love.

There are words which cut like steel.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward really wicked people for the evil they refrain from committing.

Danger arouses interest. Where death is involved, the vilest criminal invariably stirs a little compassion.

There is neither vice nor virtue, there are only circumstances.