"What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?" — Henry James

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father

If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are esteemable

A man of the world must seem to be what he wishes to be thought

As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else

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