Ties of blood are not always ties of friendship; but friendship founded on merit, on esteem, and on mutual trust, becomes more vital and more tender when strengthened by the ties of blood.

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.

Not to perceive the little weaknesses and the idle but innocent affectations of the company may be allowable as a sort of polite duty. The company will be pleased with you if you do, and most probably will not be reformed by you if you do not.

No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.

Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.

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.

I always put these pert jackanapeses out of countenance by looking extremely grave when they expect that I should laugh at their pleasantries; and by saying Well, and so?--as if they had not done, and that the sting were still to come. This disconcerts them, as they have no resources in themselves, and have but one set of jokes to live upon.