Let us be careful to distinguish modesty, which is ever amiable, from reserve, which is only prudent.

May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.

I am thankful that my name in obnoxious to no pun.

Some men are called sagacious, merely on account of their avarice; whereas a child can clench its fist the moment it is born.

Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.

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.

Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.