Nothing is certain in London but expense.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Some men use no other means to acquire respect than by insisting on it; and it sometimes answers their purpose, as it does a highwayman's in regard to money.

I know not whether increasing years do not cause us to esteem fewer people and to bear with more.

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

Nothing is sure in London, except expense.

A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity.