Thinkers are as scarce as gold.

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.

He scatters enjoyment who can enjoy much.

Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.

Desire is the uneasiness a man finds in himself upon the absence of anything whose present enjoyment carries the idea of delight with it.

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich

Certain trifling flaws sit as disgracefully on a character of elegance as a ragged button on a court dress.