To have begun is half the job; be bold and be sensible.
Many shall be restored that now are fallen and many shall fall that now are in honor.
Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.
You will have written exceptionally well if, by skilful arrangement of your words, you have made an ordinary one seem original.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.