The lowest people are generally the first to find fault with show or equipage; especially that of a person lately emerged from his obscurity. They never once consider that he is breaking the ice for themselves.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Amid the most mercenary ages it is but a secondary sort of admiration that is bestowed upon magnificence.

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.

Trifles discover a character, more than actions of importance.

Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.

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