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

I am thankful that my name in obnoxious to no pun.

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.

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.

Taste is pursued at a less expense than fashion.

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.

Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.