Character must be kept bright as well as clean.

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.

Ugliness is a letter of credit for some special purposes.

I would rather have a young fellow too much than too little dressed; the excess on that side will wear off, with a little age and reflection; but if he is negligent at twenty, he will be a sloven at forty, and stink at fifty years old. Dress yourself fine where others are fine, and plain where others are plain; but take care always that your clothes are well made and fit you, for otherwise they will give you a very awkward air.

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.