An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.

Women are all so far Machiavellians that they are never either good or bad by halves; their passions are too strong, and their reason too weak, to do anything with moderation.

Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life; returns are equally expected for both.

It is hard to say which is the greatest fool: he who tells the whole truth, or he who tells no truth at all. Character is as necessary in business as in trade. No man can deceive often in either.

If you will please people, you must please them in their own way; and as you cannot make them what they should be, you must take them as they are.

Every man is to be had one way or another and every woman almost anyway.

The vulgar only laugh, but never smile; whereas well-bred people often smile, but seldom laugh.