Avoid him who from mere curiosity asks three questions running about a thing that cannot interest Him.

The less you can enjoy, the poorer, the scantier yourself - the more you can enjoy, the richer, the more vigorous.

Avoid him who from mere curiosity asks three questions running about a thing that cannot interest Him.

As you treat your body, so your house, your domestics, your enemies, your friends - Dress is a table of your contents.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

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

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.