Taste is pursued at a less expense than fashion.

Nothing is sure in London, except expense.

The most reserved of men, that will not exchange two syllables together in an English coffee-house, should they meet at Ispahan, would drink sherbet and eat a mess of rice together.

Persons are oftentimes misled in regard to their choice of dress by attending to the beauty of colors, rather than selecting such colors as may increase their own beauty.

A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

In a heavy oppressive atmosphere, when the spirits sink too low, the best cordial is to read over all the letters of one's friends.

Trifles discover a character, more than actions of importance.