A gentleman, like porcelain-ware, must be painted before he is glazed.

There can be no change after it is burned in, and all that is put on afterwards will wash off.

He who has lost all but retains his courage, cheerfulness, hope, virtue, and self-respect, is a true gentleman, and is rich still.
"You replace Dr.Franklin, I hear," said the French Minister, Count de Vergennes, to Mr.Jefferson, who had been sent to Paris to relieve our most popular representative.

"I succeed him; no man can replace him," was the felicitous reply of the man who became highly esteemed by the most polite court in Europe.
"You should not have returned their salute," said the master of ceremonies, when Clement XIV bowed to the ambassadors who had bowed in congratulating him upon his election.

"Oh, I beg your pardon," replied Clement.