It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

One of the great conditions of anger and hatred is, that you must tell and believe lies against the hated object, in order, as we said, to be consistent.

That acknowledgment of weakness which we make in imploring to be relieved from hunger and from temptation is surely wisely put in our daily prayer. Think of it, you who are rich, and take heed how you turn a beggar away.

The great quality of Dulness is to be unalterably contented with itself.

All amusements to which virtuous women are not admitted, are, rely upon it, deleterious in their nature.

When one fib becomes due as it were, you must forge another to take up the old acceptance; and so the stock of your lies in circulation inevitably multiplies, and the danger of detection increases every day.

Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.