“ The heart never grows better by age I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them. ”

“ Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh. ”

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

“ Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters. ”