“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.”
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.
Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.
Know the true value of time snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.