I will not damp your hopes and anticipations by insisting on the little chance there is that you should ever see me again.

You are about to enter upon the great world, and have within you the desire and power of success; let me flatter myself that you can profit by my experience.

Among the 'Colloquia' of Erasmus, there is a very entertaining dialogue between Apicius and a man who, desirous of giving a feast to a very large and miscellaneous party, comes to consult the epicure what will be the best means to give satisfaction to all.
Now you shall be this Spudaeus (so I think he is called), and I will be Apicius; for the world, after all, is nothing more than a great feast of different strangers, with different tastes and of different ages, and we must learn to adapt ourselves to their minds, and our temptations to their passions, if we wish to fascinate or even to content them.

Let me then call your attention to the hints and maxims which I have in this paper amused myself with drawing up for your instruction.

Write to me from time to time, and I will, in replying to your letters, give you the best advice in my power.