Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.

Malice is poisoned by her own venom.

A gift--its kind, its value and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you--may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.

He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

He whom common, gross, or stale objects allure, and when obtained, content, is a vulgar being, incapable of greatness in thought or action.

Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.

Take here the grand secret; if not of pleasing all, yet of displeasing none, and court mediocrity, avoid originality, and sacrifice to fashion.