You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he ought to be silent on some other subject of which he has but a slight knowledge; if such an illustrious man ventures beyond the bounds of his capacity, he loses his way and talks like a fool.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy.

The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.