His clothes were of the most expensive fabrics, made at the top of the style.

His wife and children had money lavished upon them without stint.

In the direction of show, he could do no more.

It was his glory to drive in the Park alone, with his servants in livery and his four horses, fancying that he was the observed of all observers, and the envied of all men.
Having money still to spend, it must find a market in other directions.
He gave lavish entertainments at his club, at which wine flowed like water, and at which young and idle men were gathered in and debauched, night after night.

He was surrounded by a group of flatterers who laughed at his jokes, repeated them to the public, humored his caprices, and lived upon his hospitalities.