Dancing is, in itself, a very trifling and silly thing: but it is one of those established follies to which people of sense are sometimes obliged to conform; and then they should be able to do it well. And though I would not have you a dancer, yet, when you do dance, I would have you dance well, as I would have you do everything you do well.

A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share in another.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

All ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet, a man of the world should know them. They are the outworks of Mannersand Decency, which would be too often broken in upon, if it were not for that defence, which keeps the enemy at a proper distance.

I heartily wish you, in the plain home-spun style, a great number of happy new years, well employed in forming both your mind andyour manners, to be useful and agreeable to yourself, your country, and your friends.

Seek always for the best words and the happiest expression you can find.

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.