Merit And Knowledge Will Not Gain Hearts,

In My Mind, There Is Nothing So Illiberal, And So Ill-bred, As Audible Laughter.

Fear Manifested Invites Danger.

To This Principle Of Vanity, Which Philosophers Call A Mean One, And Which I Do Not, I Owe A Great Part Of The Figure Which I Have Made In Life.

The New Year Is The Season In Which Custom Seems More Particularly To Authorize Civil And Harmless Lies, Under The Name Of Compliments. People Reciprocally Profess Wishes Which They Seldom Form And Concern Which They Seldom Feel.

Never Put Off Till Tomorrow What You Can Do Today.