Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human …

You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all.

It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not.

When you're dealing with someone who only has a pair of underpants on, if you take his underpants off, he has nothing left - he's naked. You're better off tryi…