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In business be as able as you can, but do not be cunning; cunning is the dark sanctuary of incapacity.
The young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind; "they will both fall into the ditch.
In nature the most violent passions are silent; in tragedy they must speak and speak with dignity too.
A people so individual in its genius, so tenacious in love or hate, so captivating in its nobler moods.
I have, by long experience, found women to be like Telephus's spear: if one end kills, the other cures.
A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones.
A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.
Had they [the Tories] been in the wilderness they would have complained of the Ten Commandments. Remark.
An honest man may really love a pretty girl, but only an idiot marries her merely because she is pretty.
As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I an Irishman.
Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.
To know a little of anything gives neither satisfaction nor credit, but often brings disgrace or ridicule.
People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.
The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says 'no'.
The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter.
To take a wife merely as an agreeable and rational companion, will commonly be found to be a grand mistake.
Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease, and the manner of a gentleman has ease without freedom.
The heart has such an influence over the understanding, that it is worth while to engage it in our interest.
the principles of political economy have elevated the working class above the place they ever filled before.
Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.
What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.
Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial.
The value of moments, when cast up, is immense, if well employed; if thrown away, their loss is irrecoverable.
Give nobly to indigent merit, and do not refuse your charity even to those who have not merit but their misery.
Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, and mediocre ones on their beauty.
It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.
Singularity is only pardonable in old age and retirement; I may now be as singular as I please, but you may not.
We are really so prejudiced by our educations, that, as the ancients deified their heroes, we deify their madmen.
The power of applying attention, steady and undissipated, to a single object, is the sure mark of superior genius.
There should be a study of a house directly elected by the people of the world to whom the nations are accountable.
I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength to succumb to it.
A man who cannot command his temper, his attention, and his countenance should not think of being a man of business.
Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.
No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.
Half the business is done, when one has gained the heart and the affections of those with whom one is to transact it.
Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should.
I love every-day senses, every-day wit and entertainment; a man who is only good on holidays, is good for very little.
Little vicious minds abound with anger and revenge and are incapable of feeling te pleasure of forgiving their enemies.
If you have wit, use it to please and not to hurt: you may shine like the sun in the temperate zones without scorching.
Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.
Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.
When you have found out the prevailing passion of any man, remember never to trust him where that passion is concerned.
Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life; returns are equally expected for both.
Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
Most arts require long study and application, but the most useful art of all, that of pleasing, requires only the desire.
Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.
Cardinal Mazarin was a great knave, but no great man; much more cunning than able; scandalously false and dirtily greedy.
Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake.
Foreign policy isn't something that is great and big, it's common sense and humanity as it applies to my affairs and yours.