Riches are apt to betray a man into arrogance.

What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.

The jealous man's disease is of so malignant a nature, that it converts all it takes into its own nourishment.

My heart leaps at the trumpet's voice.

There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning.

Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.

To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady's attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.