“The public seldom forgive twice.”
“Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.”
“Stubbornness is the strength of the weak.”
“Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.”
“Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?”
“Intuition is the clear concept of the whole at once.”
“Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.”
“Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.”
“Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.”
“He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur.”
“The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.”
“Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies.”
“Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.”
“Never say you know a man until you have divided an inheritance with him.”
“The craftiest wiles are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.”
“The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.”
“Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.”
“If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.”
“Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.”
“Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.”
“There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.”
“You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.”
“Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.”
“Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.”
“Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.”
“He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.”
“To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.”
“He is incapable of truly good action who finds not a pleasure in contemplating the good actions of others.”
“He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party man.”
“If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already.”