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.

Let the gulled fool the toil of war pursue, where bleed the many to enrich the few.

So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.

A court of heraldry sprung up to supply the place of crusade exploits, to grant imaginary shields and trophies to families that never wore real armor, and it is but of late that it has been discovered to have no real jurisdiction.

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

Thanks, oftenest obtrusive.

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