“Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one.”
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Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
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.
In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.