Courtly Manners Are Contagious; They Are Caught

If You Wish To Be Held In Esteem, You Must Ssociate Only With Those Who Estimable.

There Are Some Who Speak One Moment Before They Think

There Are Some Extraordinary Fathers, Who Seem, During The Whole Course Of Their Lives, To Be Giving Their Children Reasons For Being Consoled At Their Death.

When We Are Young We Lay Up For Old Age; When We Are Old We Save For Death.

I Never Have Wit Until I Am Below Stairs. [fr., Je N'ai Jamais D'esprit Qu'au Bas De L'escalier.]