“ It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut. ”

“ I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united and when one suffers, the other sympathizes. ”

“ Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one. ”

“ Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. ”

“ Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another. ”

“ Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. ”

“ Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. ”

“ Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. ”

“ To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination. ”

“ In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. ”