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.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

One principal object of good-breeding is to suit our behaviour to the three several degrees of men, our superiors, our equals, and those below us.

I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.

Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy, is the best bred man in company.

Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery.

Silks, velvets, calicoes, and the whole lexicon of female fopperies.