Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity; it is that which gives value to every character. The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without a heart?

A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly.

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.