If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.

The most familiar and intimate habitudes, connections, friendships, require a degree of good-breeding both to preserve and cement them.

Real merit of any kind cannot long be concealed; it will be discovered, and nothing can depreciate it but a man exhibiting it himself. It may not always be rewarded as it ought; but it will always be known.

Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.

Firmness of purpose is one of the best instruments of success.

One should always think of what one is about; when one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of learning.

Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.