The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

The most sensible people to be met with in society are men of business and of the world, who argue from what they see and know, instead of spinning cobweb distinctions of what things ought to be.

Fashion is the abortive issue of vain ostentation and exclusive egotism ... tied to no rule, and bound to conform to every whim of the minute.

Weakness has its hidden resources, as well as strength. There is a degree of folly and meanness which we cannot calculate upon, and by which we are as much liable to be foiled as by the greatest ability or courage.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.