Take the tone of the company you are in...
Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired.
Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.
Real friendship is a slow grower.
Real merit of any kind cannot long be concealed; it will be discovered, and nothing can depreciate it but a man exhibiting it himself. It may not always be rewarded as it ought; but it will always be known.
In the course of the world, a man must very often put on an easy, frank countenance, upon very disagreeable occasions; he must seem pleased, when he is very much otherwise; he must be able to accost and receive with smiles, those whom he would much rather meet with swords.