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.

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

Avarice is the most oppose of all characters to that of God Almighty, whose alone it is to give and not receive.

Nothing is sure in London, except expense.

What leads to unhappiness is making pleasure the chief aim.

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

Whoe'er excels in what we prize, appears a hero in our eyes.