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

Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.

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.

A beautiful smile is to the female countenance what the sunbeam is to the landscape; it embellishes an inferior face and redeems an ugly one.

Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.

The generous person is always just, and the just who is always generous may, unannounced, approach the throne of heaven.

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