Good thoughts are no better than good dreams if you don't follow through.
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.
As long as our people quote English standards they dwarf their own proportions.
Tis the good reader that makes the good book.
Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example, the taint of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favorable appearance-will instantly vitiate the effect.