Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of language.
He that is much flattered soon learns to flatter himself.
Apologies are seldom of any use.
Tediousness is the most fatal of all faults.
It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honor, and fictitious benevolence.
Good breeding consists in having no particular mark of any profession, but a general elegance of manners.