Vanity and rudeness are seldom seen together.

The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.

He surely is most in need of another's patience, who has none of his own.

The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms.

When you doubt between words, use the plainest, the commonest, the most idiomatic. Eschew fine words as you would rouge; love simple ones as you would the native roses on your cheek.

He who freely praises what he means to purchase, and he who enumerates the faults of what he means to sell, may set up a partnership with honesty.

If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you already know.