Those who forgets their friends to follow those of a higher status are truly snobs.
William Makepeace ThackerayI set it down as a maxim, that it is good for a man to live where he can meet his betters, intellectual and social.
William Makepeace ThackerayIf you take temptations into account, who is to say that he is better than his neighbor?
William Makepeace ThackerayA crow, who had flown away with a cheese from a dairy window, sate perched on a tree looking down at a great big frog in a pool underneath him.
William Makepeace ThackerayNature has written a letter of credit upon some men's faces that is honored wherever presented. You cannot help trusting such men. Their very presence gives confidence. There is promise to pay in their faces which gives confidence and you prefer it to another man's endorsement. Character is credit.
William Makepeace Thackeray