How ready is heaven to those that pray!
The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.
Greatness of name, in the father, ofttimes helps not forth, but overwhelms the son: They stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth.
It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.