Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go.

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

I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Sexual intercourse is a grossly overrated pastime; the position is undignified, the pleasure momentary and the consequences damnable.

Smooth your way to the head through the heart. The way of reason is a good one: but it is commonly something longer, and perhapsnot so sure.

Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.

A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share in another.