Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.

Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.

He who prorogues the honesty of today till to-morrow will probably prorogue his to-morrows to eternity.

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.

Who forces himself on others is to himself a load. Impetuous curiosity is empty and inconstant. Prying intrusion may be suspected of whatever is little.

Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.