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

There is hardly any place or any company where you may not gain knowledge, if you please; almost everybody knows some one thing, and is glad to talk about that one thing.

Wrongs are often forgiven; but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever.

Artichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner.

Ceremonies are the outworks of manners.

Singularity is only pardonable in old age and retirement; I may now be as singular as I please, but you may not.

I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.