Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.

Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison.

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.

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.

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.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.

To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.