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.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.

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

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 only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.

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.

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