Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them.
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.
Life is to be fortified by many friendships.
What you don't know would make a great book.
Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.