A man must know how to estimate a sour face. The sour face of the multitude, like thier sweet faces, have no deep cause, but are put on and off as the wind blows and the newspaper directs.

Pines a thousand years old. Every year they must go farther for them: they recede, like beavers and Indians, before the white man.

Always pay; for first or last you must pay your entire debt.

The case wouldn't be overweight if you didn't have so many shoes. How many do you really need? This pair, for example, I swear you never even wore them.

An empire is an immense egotism.

Fashion understands itself; good-breeding and personal superiority of whatever country readily fraternize with those of every other. The chiefs of savage tribes have distinguished themselves in London and Paris, by the purity of their tournure.

The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.