Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so. |
Be your character what it will, it will be known; and nobody will take it upon your word. |
Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me. |
Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads. |
Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners. |
Character must be kept bright as well as clean. |
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act. |
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. |
Do as you would be done by is the surest method of pleasing |
Every man is to be had one way or another, and every woman almost any way |
Few people do business well who do nothing else |
For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention. |
Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners. |
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others. |
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness its poison |