Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a real confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.
Dandyism is a species of genius.
I am always afraid of a fool. One cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well.
The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.
We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.
I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness.