A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.

What's well begun is half done.

There are lessons to be learned from a stupid man.

We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest.

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.

In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.

In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.