Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.
Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
A honest man is seldom a vagrant.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.