An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

I recommend to you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. I am very sure, that many people lose two or three hours every day, by not taking care of the minutes.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

Few men are of one plain, decided color; most are mixed, shaded, and blended; and vary as much, from different situations, as changeable silks do from different lights.

Silence and reserve suggest latent power. What some men think has more effect than what others say.

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

Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.