Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
Wise were the kings who never chose a friend till with full cups they had unmasked his soul, and seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts.
And seek for truth in the groves of Academe.
Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow; Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.