They think him the best dressed man, whose dress is so fit for his use that you cannot notice or remember to describe it.

I wish that friendship should have feet, as well as eyes and eloquence. It must plant itself on the ground, before it vaults overthe moon. I wish it to be a little of a citizen, before it is quite a cherub.

Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

There are geniuses in trade as well as in war, or the state, or letters; and the reason why this or that man is fortunate is not to be told. It lies in the man: that is all anybody can tell you about it.

Music causes us to think eloquently.

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous or when they are most luxurious-they are conservatives after dinner.

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.