"The great secret of succeeding in conversation, is to have the address to introduce your own favorite subject, without appearing to take it from others."

"None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge a obligation."

"It is always better to be diligent, for he who toils with honor dies content, while he who is lazy sleeps with the diligent man's wife."

"The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

"Were it not for the odiously offensive Smell accompanying such Escapes, polite People would probably be under no more Restraint in discharging such Wind in Company, than they are in spitting, or in bl…"