Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration.

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

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

Envy is a littleness of soul, which cannot see beyond a certain point, and if it does not occupy the whole space feels itself excluded.

Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance, or authority; natural prejudices are those which arise out of the constitution of the human mind itself.

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.