The knowledge of courtesy and good manners is a very necessary study. It is like grace and beauty, that which begets liking and an inclination to love one another at the first sight.
Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.
One should be ever booted and spurred and ready to depart.
The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation.
Knowledge is an excellent drug; but no drug has virtue enough to preserve itself from corruption and decay, if the vessel be tainted and impure wherein it is put to keep.