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If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is read more
If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and read more
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at read more
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is read more
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
Information is not knowledge.
Information is not knowledge.
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot read more
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation
Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
Etiquette is behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.