Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.
111 company is like a dog, who dirts those most whom he loves best.
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
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.
Everyone desires long life, not one old age.
The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.