“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle”
“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle”
“If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are esteemable”
“It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.”
“A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought”
“Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father”
“There's a woman like a dew-drop, she's so purer than the purest”
“Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within”