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

The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.

The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.

Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes.

The company of women of fashion will improve your manners, though not your understanding; and that complaisance and politeness, which are so useful in men's company, can only be acquired in women's.

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

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.