If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would.

Chance has something to say, even how to write a good letter.

Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.

Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.

Do not make Mistakes about Character. That is the worst and yet easiest error. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods. In dealing with men, more than with other things, it is necessary to look within. To know men is different from knowing things. It is profound philosophy to sound the depths of feeling and distinguish traits of character. Men must be studied as deeply as books.

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.

Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.