Real Friendship Is A Slow Grower.

Armies, Though Always The Supporters And Tools Of Absolute Power For The Time Being, Are Always The Destroyers Of It Too; By Frequently Changing The Hands In Which They Think Proper To Lodge It.

Nothing Convinces Persons Of A Weak Understanding So Effectually, As What They Do Not Comprehend.

Do As You Would Be Done By, Is The Surest Method Of Pleasing.

The Most Familiar And Intimate Habitudes, Connections, Friendships, Require A Degree Of Good-breeding Both To Preserve And Cement Them.

The Scholar Without Good Breeding Is A Pedant; The Philosopher, A Cynic.