Pride, ill nature, and want of sense are the three great sources of ill manners; without some one of these defects, no man will behave himself ill for want of experience, or what, in the language of fools, is called knowing the world.
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
She has more goodness in her little finger than he has in his whole body.
Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.
An intelligent person should put money in the beginning, but not in heart
I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within.