I wish... that you had as much pleasure in following my advice, as I have in giving it.

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

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.

I am convinced that a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward.

Ceremony is necessary in Courts, as the outwork and defense of manners.