I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.Montesquieu
Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.Francis Bacon
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.Jane Austen