The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.

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

Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.

An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.

If you will please people, you must please them in their own way; and as you cannot make them what they should be, you must take them as they are.

A man who tells nothing, or who tells all, will equally have nothing told him.