To me it appears strange that the men against whom I should be enabled to bring an action for laying a little dirt at my door, may with impunity drive by it half-a-dozen calves, with their tails lopped close to their bodies and their hinder parts covered with blood.

Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.

In business be as able as you can, but do not be cunning; cunning is the dark sanctuary of incapacity.

In friendship, as well as in love, the mind is often the dupe of the heart.

Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.

True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself.

The company of women of fashion will improve your manners, though not your understanding; and that complaisance and politeness, which are so useful in men's company, can only be acquired in women's.