A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.

To show the American woman herself off to best advantage - that has always been my aim and that is my real biography.

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.

I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.

As any new parent knows, you're only too happy to show off your new child and, you know, proclaim that he is the best looking or the best everything.