Singularity is only pardonable in old age and retirement; I may now be as singular as I please, but you may not.

If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.

Those whom you can make like themselves better will, I promise you, like you very well.

A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry.

Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.

Endeavor, as much as you can, to keep company with people above you.... Do not mistake, when I say company above you, and think that I mean with regard to their birth; that is the least consideration; but I mean with regard to their merit, and the light in which the world considers them.

Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.