Fear manifested invites danger.

No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.

Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all.

Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good Sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world. A man of parts and fashion is therefore often seen to smile, but never heard to laugh.

The rulers of the earth are all worth knowing; they suggest moral reflections: and the respect that one naturally has for God's vice-regents here on earth is greatly increased by acquaintance with them.

Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.