Elegance of manner is the outgrowth of refined and exalted sense.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial.

Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will secure them when gained.

It seems to me that your doctor [Tronchin] is more of a philosopher than a physician. As for me, I much prefer a doctor who is anoptimist and who gives me remedies that will improve my health. Philosophical consolations are, after all, useless against real ailments. I know only two kinds of sickness--physical and moral: all the others are purely in the imagination.

If you have an hour, will you not improve that hour, instead of idling it away?

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