Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below themselves to exercise either good nature or good manners.

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.

Tis not necessity, but opinion, that makes men miserable; and when we come to be fancy-sick, there's no cure.

Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below themselves to exercise either good nature or good manners.

Passions, as fire and water, are good servants, but bad masters, and subminister to the best and worst purposes.

A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end than a fluttering way of advancing by starts.

Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.