The fear of approaching death, which in youth we imagine must cause inquietude to the aged, is very seldom the source of much uneasiness.

I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness.

Diffidence and awkwardness are antidotes to love.

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy.

Death is the greatest evil, because it cuts off hope.

The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.