Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it?
Theirs is the present who can praise the past.
I trimmed my lamp, consumed the midnight oil.
Those who are incapable of shining out by dress would do well to consider that the contrast between them and their clothes turns out much to their disadvantage.
Nothing is certain in London but expense.
Taste is pursued at a less expense than fashion.