Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. |
Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one. |
No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today |
No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint |
No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else. |
Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance. |
One should always think of what one is about: when one is learning, one should not think of play: and when one is at play, one should not think of one's learning. |
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults. |
Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. |
Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. |
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible. |
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you. |
Pocket all your knowledge with your watch, and never pull it out in company unless desired |
Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately. |
Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them. |