Take the tone of the company you are in.

Religion is by no means a proper subject of conversation in a mixed company.

Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.

Due attention to the inside of books, and due contempt for the outside, is the proper relation between a man of sense and his books.

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least.

Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.