It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossi∣ble that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.
Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.
Defeat serves to enlighten us.
Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?
A fop of fashion is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe.
He who freely praises what he means to purchase, and he who enumerates the faults of what he means to sell, may set up a partnership with honesty.