Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

Women of fashion and character--I do not mean absolutely unblemished--are a necessary ingredient in the composition of good company; the attention which they require, and which is always paid them by well-bred men, keeps up politeness, and gives a habit of good-breeding; whereas men, when they live together without the lenitive of women in company, are apt to grow careless, negligent, and rough among one another.

Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise.

You must be respectful and assenting, but without being servile and abject. You must be frank, but without indiscretion, and close, without being costive. You must keep up dignity of character, without the least pride of birth, or rank. You must be gay, within all the bounds of decency and respect; and grave, without the affectation of wisdom, which does not become the age of twenty. You must be essentially secret, without being dark and mysterious. You must be firm, and even bold, but with great seeming modesty.

Take the tone of the company you are in...

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.