Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

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

Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise.

Six, or at most seven, hours' sleep is, for a constancy, as much as you or anybody else can want; more is only laziness and dozing, and is, I am persuaded, both unwholesome and stupefying.

In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.

A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide against him.

The French manner of hunting is gentlemanlike; ours is only for bumpkins and bodies. The poor beasts here are pursued and run downby much greater beasts than themselves; and the true British fox-hunter is most undoubtedly a species appropriated and peculiar to this country, which no other part of the globe produces.