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

Fools are very often united in the strictest intimacies, as the lighter kinds of woods are the most closely glued together.

Long sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house.

Fashion is a great restraint upon your persons of taste and fancy; who would otherwise in the most trifling instances be able to distinguish themselves from the vulgar.

A rich dress adds but little to the beauty of a person. It may possibly create a deference, but that is rather an enemy to love.

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

The weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar.