There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.

Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.

Association with women is the basis of good manners.

If we meet someone who owes us a debt of gratitude, we remember the fact at once. How often we can meet someone to whom we owe a debt of gratitude without thinking about it at all!

I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.

Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.

Some people spend the day in complaining of a headache, and the night in drinking the wine that gives it.