Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.

Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.

Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself.

Religion is in the heart, not in the knees.

Women, somehow, have the same fear of witty men as of fireworks.

Keep your eyes and ears open, if you desire to get on in the world.

Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.