Observe any meetings of people, and you will always find their eagerness and impetuosity rise or fall in proportion to their numbers.

Never yield to that temptation, which, to most young men, is very strong, of exposing other people's weaknesses and infirmities, for the sake either of diverting the company, or of showing your own superiority. You may get the laugh on your side by it for the present; but you will make enemies by it for ever; and even those who laugh with you then, will, upon reflection, fear, and consequently hate you.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

Be your character what it will, it will be known, and nobody will take it upon your word.

Indifference is commonly the mother of discretion.

Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.

Sincerity w the most compendious wisdom, an excellent instrument for the speedy despatch of business. It creates confidence in those we have to deal with, saves the labor of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in few words.