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If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.
He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul,
biting for anger at the read more
He was one of a lean body and visage, as if his eager soul,
biting for anger at the clog of his body, desired to fret a
passage through it.
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
All that glisters is not gold.
All that glisters is not gold.
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant read more
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.
