Not every one who has the gift of speech understands the value of silence.

The more any one speaks of himself, the less he likes to hear another talked of.

The cruelty of the effeminate is more dreadful than that or the hardy.

Man without religion is a diseased creature, who would persuade himself he is well and needs not a physician; but woman without religion is raging and monstrous.

Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.

Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.