Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.

People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.

Wear your knowledge like your watch - in you pocket - and don't pull it out just for show.

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.

A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a proper distance, and is a very small restraint to the sensible and to the well-bred part of the world.

Character must be kept bright as well as clean.