Men have various subjects in which they may excel, or at least would be thought to excel, and though they love to hear justice done to them where they know they excel, yet they are most and best flattered upon those points where they wish to excel and yet are doubtful whether they do or not.

Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go.

Business by no means forbids pleasures; on the contrary, they reciprocally season each other; and I will venture to affirm, that no man enjoys either in perfection that does not join both.

A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.