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For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.
Not to care for philosophy is to be a true philospher.
Health ... is the first and greatest of all blessings.
Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
To please people is a great step towards persuading them.
Fear invites danger; concealed cowards insult known ones.
Ugliness is a letter of credit for some special purposes.
The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.
Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.
We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation.
A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.
People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.
Always make the best of the best, and never make bad worse.
The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry.
When one is at play, one should not think of one's learning.
Style is the dress of thoughts, and let them be ever so just.
Do as you would be done by, is the surest method of pleasing.
This item is a mere fleabite in the ocean of our expenditure.
I know that I can save this country and that no one else can.
Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part.
Firmness of purpose is one of the best instruments of success.
Choose the company of your superiors whenever you can have it.
Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.
If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
A certain degree of fear produces the same effects as rashness.
Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.
Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults.
Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise.
Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all.
Women's beauty, like men's wit, is generally fatal to the owners.
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
If you will please people, you must please them in their own way.
Elegance of manner is the outgrowth of refined and exalted sense.
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.
An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.
Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.
Human nature is the same everywhere; the modes only are different.
But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half.
Whoever plays deep must necessarily lose his money or his character.
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.
Women especially as to be talked to as below men, and above children.
I have lived 78 years without hearing of bloody places like Cambodia.
Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.
There will never be a better time to start quitting smoking than today
Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.
A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.
Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept.
Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice.