Как сказывается человеческое тщеславие в туалете! Какая масса людей живет ради него и какой оборот денег оно создаёт! Безумие чванства и показуха, ни перед чем не останавливающиеся, даёт работу убогим и позволяет им прикрывать свою наготу.
Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.
The finest woman in nature should not detain me an hour from you; but you must sometimes suffer the rivalship of the wisest men.
Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.
Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.