No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.

Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.

Let your poem be kept nine years.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Everything, virtue, glory, honor, things human and divine, all are slaves to riches.

The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.