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

This is the day when people reciprocally offer, and receive, the kindest and the warmest wishes, though, in general, without meaning them on one side, or believing them on the other. They are formed by the head, in compliance with custom, though disavowed by the heart, in consequence of nature.

There will never be a better time to start quitting smoking than today

To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life.

Deserve a great deal, and you shall have a great deal; deserve little, and you shall have but a little; and be good for nothing atall, and I assure you, you shall have nothing at all.

Half the business is done, when one has gained the heart and the affections of those with whom one is to transact it.

Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.