Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely.

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

Real friendship is a slow grower.

Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.

It may be objected, that I am now recommending dissimulation to you; I both own and justify it. It has been long said: Qui nescitdissimular nescit regnare: I go still farther, and say, that without some dissimulation, no business can be carried on at all.

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

Ugliness is a letter of credit for some special purposes.