The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.
The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.
The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.
The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
Man's wisdom is his best friend folly his worst enemy.
You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.
The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.