A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
The scholar without good breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic.
An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.
Take rather than give the tone to the company you are in. If you have parts you will show them more or less upon every subject; and if you have not, you had better talk sillily upon a subject of other people's than of your own choosing.
Women especially as to be talked to as below men, and above children.
A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry.