We may daily discover crowds acquire sufficient wealth to buy gentility, but very few that possess the virtues which ennoble human nature, and (in the best sense of the word) constitute a gentleman.

It happens a little unluckily that the persons who have the most infinite contempt of money are the same that have the strongest appetite for the pleasures it procures.

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

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

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

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.

Nothing is sure in London, except expense.