In business be as able as you can, but do not be cunning; cunning is the dark sanctuary of incapacity.

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

Deserve a great deal, and you shall have a great deal; deserve little, and you shall have but a little; and be good for nothing atall, and I assure you, you shall have nothing at all.

All I desire for my own burial, is not to be buried alive; but how or where, I think, must be entirely indifferent to every rational creature.

Women especially as to be talked to as below men, and above children.

No woman ever yet either reasoned or acted long together consequentially; but some little thing, some love, some resentment, somepresent momentary interest, some supposed slight, or some humour, always breaks in upon, and oversets their most prudent resolutions and schemes.

Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.