A gentleman has ease without familiarity, is respectful without meanness; genteel without affectation, insinuating without seeming art.

A young fellow ought to be wiser than he should seem to be; and an old fellow ought to seem wise whether he really be so or not.

Our conjectures pass upon us for truths; we will know what we do not know, and often, what we cannot know: so mortifying to our pride is the base suspicion of ignorance.

We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation.

People hate who makes you feel one's inferiority.

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

This is the day when people reciprocally offer, and receive, the kindest and the warmest wishes, though, in general, without meaning them on one side, or believing them on the other. They are formed by the head, in compliance with custom, though disavowed by the heart, in consequence of nature.