Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Patience is a most necessary quality for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
Without some dissimulation no business can be carried on at all.
When one is learning, one should not think of play; and when one is at play, one should not think of learning.
There is time enough for everything in the course of the day if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year if you will do two things at a time.
Never hold any one by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.
When a man is once in fashion, all he does is right.
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any viable reason.
Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character and one of the best instruments of success. Without it, genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
Pleasure is a reciprocal; no one feels it who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please.
Pocket all your knowledge with your watch and never pull it out in company unless desired.
I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.
There is time enough for everything in the course of the day if you do but one thing once; but there is not time enough in the year if you will do two things at a time.
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.
Ridicule is the best test of truth.
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
