Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.

Appearances to save, his only care;
So things seem right, no matter what they are.

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt read more

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn't look too strange in the country.

The best-dressed woman is one whose clothes wouldn't look too strange in the country.

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by read more

If there is a single quality that is shared by all great men, it is vanity. But I mean by "vanity" only that they appreciate their own worth. Without this kind of vanity they would not be great. And with vanity alone, of course, a man is nothing.

Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out read more

Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.

There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.

The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and read more

The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.