Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.

A fop of fashion is the mercer's friend, the tailor's fool, and his own foe.

Truth, wisdom, love, seek reasons; malice only seeks causes.

The less you can enjoy, the poorer, the scantier yourself - the more you can enjoy, the richer, the more vigorous.

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.

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.

Neither refinement nor delicacy is indispensable to produce elegance.