Learning is acquired by reading books; much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various editions of them.

The greatest powers cannot injure a man's character whose reputation is unblemished among his party.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer, or, may you rather die before you cease to be fit to live than after!

An honest man may really love a pretty girl, but only an idiot marries her merely because she is pretty.

If a marriage is going to work well, it must be on a solid footing, namely money, and of that commodity it is the girl with the smallest dowry who, to my knowledge, consumes the most, to infuriate her husband. All the same, it is only fair that the marriage should pay for past pleasures, since it will scarcely procure any in the future.