Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed.

Business by no means forbids pleasures; on the contrary, they reciprocally season each other; and I will venture to affirm, that no man enjoys either in perfection that does not join both.

I love every-day senses, every-day wit and entertainment; a man who is only good on holidays, is good for very little.

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

You should not only have attention to everything, but a quickness of attention, so as to observe at once all the people in the room--their motions, their looks and their words--and yet without staring at them and seeming to be an observer.

Talk often, but never long; in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers. Pay your own reckoning, but do not treat the whole company; this being one of the few cases in which people do not care to be treated, every one being fully convinced that he has wherewithal to pay.

Distrust those who love you extremely upon a slight acquaintance, and without any visible reason.