Those who speak always and those who never speak are equally unfit for friendship. A food proportion of the talent of listening and speaking is the base of social virtues.

He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of the best requisites of man

He who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart.

He who goes round about in his requests wants commonly more than he chooses to appear to want.

The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.

Intuition is the clear conception of the whole at once.

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