Let the man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is his only secret, and defense the only error.Narrator
It is only when those who are not born to command learn to do so that the masses are really led.Narrator
Revenge may be wicked, but it's natural.Narrator
People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.Narrator
Those who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life will always look to others, and those alone, to do it for them.Narrator
Oh envy, hide thy bosom!Miss Jemima
Life’s failures are men and women who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.Narrator
It's best to be on the safe side, and to take fortunes when they come.Mr. Sedley
Beware of the insipidity of life; the horror of ennui alone should drive the idle man to action.Narrator
Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.Mr. Osborne
Humour is the great thing, the saving thing after all. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations, and resentments flit away.Narrator
Vanity Fair is a very vain, wicked, foolish place, full of all sorts of humbugs and falsenesses and pretensions.Narrator
There are a thousand forms of subterfuges by which she can exercise her gifts.Narrator
How best may a man make straight his vanities, even in the crookedest paths of Vanity Fair.Narrator
Who are the really rich? Those who know how to enjoy.Narrator