An author's first duty is to let down his country.
Nothing hurts more than the friendly letter that one never got around to writing.
Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!
It is a good deed to forget a poor joke
Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.
A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.