If you miss the first buttonhole, you will not succeed in buttoning up your coat.

The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources

A stated truth loses its grace, but a repeated error appears insipid and ridiculous.

It is a great pleasure to transport one's-self into the spirit of the times; to see how a wise man has thought before us, and to what a glorious height we have at last carried it.

Sowing is not as difficult as reaping.

Belief is not the beginning of knowledge - it is the end.

So dear night the half of life is, And the fairest half indeed.