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A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffing activity of the body, a...  
A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and fla...  
A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.  
A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but...  
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.  
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most, always like ...  
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattaina...  
An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.  
Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the...  
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; an...  
Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.  
Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you ea...  
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore...  
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquainta...  
Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill mann...  
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a lit...  
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.  
He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with the...  
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be c...  
Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.  
Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and in...  
I am convinced that a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine m...  
I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, c...  
I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than marrie...  
I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually...  
I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take c...  
I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking...  
Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.  
If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights...  
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.  
If you can once engage people's pride, love, pity, ambition on your si...  
If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.  
In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because ...  
In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible...  
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained ...  
In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take...  
Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.  
It must be owned, that the Graces do not seem to be natives of Great B...  
Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of ...  
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many m...  
Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in...  
Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary lea...  
Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which...  
Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at ...  
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight...  
Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by th...  
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.  
Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a ...  
Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear...  
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.  
Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would ...  
Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainab...  
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the ...  
Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs th...  
Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exerci...  
Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry...  
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expen...  
Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty o...  
Take care not to understand editions and title-pages too well. It alwa...  
Take the tone of the company you are in.  
The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values...  
The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harde...  
The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.  
The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must h...  
The more one works, the more willing one is to work.  
The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtl...  
The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the ...  
The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher a cy...  
The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one ...  
There is nothing that people bear more impatiently, or forgive less, t...  
To govern mankind, one must not overrate them.  
To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imaginati...  
Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first si...  
Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pu...  
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.  
When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.  
Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for ...  
Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim...  
You must look into people as well as at them.  
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are ...