The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability.
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
Solemnity is the shield of idiots
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.