The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
Edward F. Halifax

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.
Edward F. Halifax

Those who are of the opinion that money will do everything may reasonably be expected to do everything for money.
Edward F. Halifax

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.
Edward F. Halifax

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady they neither of them care for.
Edward F. Halifax

The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you.
Edward F. Halifax

Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.
Edward F. Halifax

When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters.
Edward F. Halifax