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Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
When a man seeks your advice he generally wants your praise.
The easiest books are generally the best; for, whatever author is obscure and difficult in his own language, certainly does not think clearly.
Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he can command his words more easily than his countenance.
Never seem wiser or more learned than the people you are with.
Take the tone of the company you are in.
Talk often, but never long: in that case, if you do not please, at least you are sure not to tire your hearers.
Letters should be easy and natural.
We are, in truth, more than half what we are by imitation. The great point is, to choose good models and to study them with care.
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