| Quotes |
Topic |
| Advice | Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others. |
| Agreement | If you wish to appear agreeable in society, you must consent to be taught many things which you know already. |
| Extremes | Mistrust the man who finds everything good; the man who finds everything evil; and still more the man who is indifferent to everything. |
| Gravity | Too much gravity argues a shallow mind. |
| Jealousy | The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. |
| Laughter | Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child. |
| Men | There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive. |
| Men and Women | There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive. |
| Observation | He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed. |
| Order | He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions. |
| Passion | He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion. |
| Pretension | Where there is much pretension, much has been borrowed; nature never pretends. |
| Question | I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness. |
| Secrecy | Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. |
| Secrets | Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers. |
| Want | He can feel no little wants who is in pursuit of grandeur. |
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