Polished Brass Will Pass Upon More People

Knowledge Of The World In Only To Be Acquired In The World, And Not In A Closet.

Sex: The Pleasure Is Momentary, The Position Ridiculous, And The Expense Damnable.

You Should Not Only Have Attention To Everything, But A Quickness Of Attention, So As To Observe At Once All The People In The Room--their Motions, Their Looks And Their Words--and Yet Without Staring At Them And Seeming To Be An Observer.

A Man Must Have A Good Share Of Wit Himself To Endure A Great Share In Another.

It Is By Vivacity And Wit That Man Shines In Company; But Trite Jokes And Loud Laughter Reduce Him To A Buffoon.