The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.

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

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.

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.

It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.

Men are sometimes accused of pride, merely because their accusers would be proud themselves were they in their places.

Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.