Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink.

Lord Bath used to say of women, who are apt to say that they will follow their own judgment, that they could not follow a worse guide.

A poet who makes use of a worse word instead of a better, because the former fits the rhyme or the measure, though it weakens the sense, is like a jeweller, who cuts a diamond into a brilliant, and diminishes the weight to make it shine more.

Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.

[Corneille] was inspired by Roman authors and Roman spirit, Racine with delicacy by the polished court of Louis XIV.

The passions seldom give good advice but to the interested and mercenary. Resentment generally suggests bad measures. Second thoughts and good nature will rarely, very rarely, approve the first hints of anger.