Common sense is the best sense I know of.
Take the tone of the company you are in.
Next to doing things that deserve to be written, nothing gets a man more credit, or gives him more pleasure than to write things that deserve to be read.
Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished.
I am convinced that a light supper, a good night’s sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
A man’s own good breeding is the best security against other people’s ill manners.
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.
When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
The mere brute pleasure of reading – the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
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.
Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
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.
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.
Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.