Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

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.

It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.

A wise man will live as much within his wit as his income.... Bear this truth always in your mind, that you may be admired for your wit, if you have any; but that nothing but good sense and good qualities can make you be loved.

Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.