vulgarity of insisting upon these matters is scarcely less
offensive than the vulgarity of neglecting them. Lady Frances
Pelham is but one remove better than a Brancton.

A man of fashion never goes to the theatre; he is waiting for
the opera.

He, of course, goes out of town in the summer; or, if he
cannot afford to do so, he merely closes his window-shutters,
and appears to be gone.

Fashion makes all great things little, and all little things
great.

It is commonly said, that it requires more wit to perform the
part of the fool in a farce than that of the master. Without
intending any offence to the fool by the comparison, we may
remark, that qualities of an elevated character are required
for the support of the _rol_e of a man of fashion in the
solemn farce of life. He must have invention, to vary his
absurdities when they cease to be striking; he must have wit
enough to obtain the reputation of a great deal more; and he
must possess tact to know when and where to crouch, and where
and when to insult.

Brummel, whose career is one of the most extraordinary on
record, must have exercised, during the period of his social
reign, many qualities of conduct which rank among the highest
endowments of our race. For an obscure individual, without
fortune or rank, to have conceived the idea of placing