Amid the most mercenary ages it is but a secondary sort of admiration that is bestowed upon magnificence.

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.

Amid the most mercenary ages it is but a secondary sort of admiration that is bestowed upon magnificence.

The lowest people are generally the first to find fault with show or equipage; especially that of a person lately emerged from his obscurity. They never once consider that he is breaking the ice for themselves.

So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.

A fool and his words are soon parted.

Bashfulness is more frequently connected with good sense than we find assurance; and impudence, on the other hand, is often the mere effect of downright stupidity.