Young men are as apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are to think themselves sober enough. They look upon spirit to be a much better thing than experience; which they call coldness. They are but half mistaken; for though spirit without experience is dangerous, experience without spirit is languid and ineffective.

In business be as able as you can, but do not be cunning; cunning is the dark sanctuary of incapacity.

If you will please people, you must please them in their own way.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Nothing convinces persons of a weak understanding so effectually, as what they do not comprehend.

Those who see and observe kings, heroes, and statesmen, discover that they have headaches, indigestion, humors and passions, just like other people; every one of which in their turns determine their wills in defiance of their reason.

Give nobly to indigent merit, and do not refuse your charity even to those who have not merit but their misery.