Silence And Reserve Suggest Latent Power. What

To This Principle Of Vanity, Which Philosophers Call A Mean One, And Which I Do Not, I Owe A Great Part Of The Figure Which I Have Made In Life.

Frequent And Loud Laughter Is The Characteristic Of Folly And Ill Manners.

If You Would Convince Others, Seem Open To Conviction Yourself.

Idleness Is Only The Refuge Of Weak Minds.

Never Hold Anyone By The Button Or The Hand In Order To Be Heard Out; For If People Are Unwilling To Hear You, You Had Better Hold Your Tongue Than Them.