There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest.

I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.

All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next year's revenue.

She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitchfork.