Fashion ... has brought every thing into vogue, by turns.

Fashions smile has given wit to dullness and grace to deformity, and has brought everything into vogue, by turns, but virtue.

Fashion is the veriest goddess of semblance and of shade; to be happy is of far less consequence to her worshippers than to appear so; even pleasure itself they sacrifice to parade, and enjoyment to ostentation.

Custom looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present, but both of them are somewhat purblind as to things that are to come.

A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference.