I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

You speak an infinite deal of nothing.

Wherein you reprove another be unblameable yourself, for example, is more prevalent than precepts.

Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.

He hopes the officers will, by example as well as influence, endeavor to check it and that both they and the men will reflect that we can have little hope of the blessing of heaven on our arms if we insult it by our impropriety and folly. Added to this, it is a vice so mean and low, without any temptation, that every man of sense and character detests and despises it.

When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body, not usually discovered.