Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.

Women are all so far Machiavellians that they are never either good or bad by halves; their passions are too strong, and their reason too weak, to do anything with moderation.

Good manners, to those one does not love, are no more a breach of truth, than "your humble servant," at the bottom of a challengeis; they are universally agreed upon, and understand to be things of course. They are necessary guards of the decency and peace of society.

Style is the dress of thoughts, and let them be ever so just.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

Awkwardness is a more real disadvantage than it is generally thought to be; it often occasions ridicule, it always lessens dignity.

Human nature is the same everywhere; the modes only are different.