Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.
There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, than contempt: and an injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.
Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.