She neglects her heart who too closely studies her glass.

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.

The policy of adapting one's self to circumstances makes all ways smooth.

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.

Strange that cowards cannot see that their greatest safety lies in dauntless courage.

He whose pride oppresses the humble may perhaps be humbled, but will never be humble.

Avoid connecting yourself with characters whose good and bad sides are unmixed and have not fermented together; they resemble vials of vinegar and oil; or palletts set with colors; they are either excellent at home and insufferable abroad, or intolerable within doors and excellent in public; they are unfit for friendship, merely because their stamina, their ingredients of character are too single, too much apart; let them be finely ground up with each other, and they are incomparable.