The Reasons Which Any Man

Always Win Fools First. They Talk Much, And What They Have Once Uttered They Will Stick To; Whereas There Is Always Time, Up To The Last Moment, To Bring Before A Wise Man Arguments That May Entirely Change His Opinion.

Rare Almost As Great Poets, Rarer, Perhaps, Than Veritable Saints And Martyrs; Are Consummate Men Of Business. A Man, To Be Excellent In This Way, Requires A Great Knowledge Of Character, With That Exquisite Tact Which Feels Unerringly The Right Moment When To Act. A Discreet Rapidity Must Pervade All The Movements Of His Thought And Action. He Must Be Singularly Free From Vanity, And Is Generally Found To Be An Enthusiast Who Has The Art To Conceal His Enthusiasm.

If You Would Understand Your Own Age, Read The Works Of Fiction Produced In It. People In Disguise Speak Freely.

Many Know How To Please, But Know Not When They Have Ceased To Give Pleasure.

Nature Intended You To Be The Fountain-spring Of Cheerfulness And Social Life, And Not The Mountain Of Despair And Melancholy.