Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

Compliments of congratulation are always kindly taken, and cost nothing but pen, ink and paper. I consider them as draughts upon good breeding, where the exchange is always greatly in favor of the drawer.

Let it be your maxim through life, to know all you can know, yourself; and never to trust implicitly to the information of others.

To this principle of vanity, which philosophers call a mean one, and which I do not, I owe a great part of the figure which I have made in life.

Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, and mediocre ones on their beauty.

Love has been not unaptly compared to the small-pox, which most people have sooner or later.

To please people is a great step towards persuading them.