Being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquillity that religion is powerless to bestow.

When science is learned in love, and its powers are wielded by love, they will appear the supplements and continuations of the material creation.

There is no country in which so absolute a homage is paid to wealth. In America there is a touch of shame when a man exhibits theevidences of large property, as if after all it needed apology. But the Englishman has pure pride in his wealth, and esteems it a final certificate. A coarse logic rules throughout all English souls: if you have merit, can you not show it by your good clothes and coach and horses?

Nothing can be more delicate without being fantastical, nothing more firm and based in nature and sentiment, than the courtship and mutual carriage of the sexes.

It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past – never forget.

There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.

Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them.