He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age, and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in the closet.
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you.
Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.
If you will please people, you must please them in your own way.
There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.
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