Nature often lets us down when we most need her; let us turn to art.
He who puts off nothing till tomorrow has done a great deal.
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.
Little said is soon amended. There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly.