Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do |
Promptness is the soul of business |
Punctuality is the duty of subjects and the politeness of kings |
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health. |
Religion must still be allowed to be a collateral security to Virtue |
Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded. |
Ridicule is the best test of truth |
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. |
Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age |
Style is the dress of thoughts |
Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to as much disadvantage, and be as ill received, as your person, though ever so well-proportioned, would if dressed in rags, dirt, and tatters. |
Swallow all your learning in the morning, but digest it in company in the evenings |
Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. |
Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves. |
Take the tone of the company that you are in |