he who gives quickly gives twice / in nothing so much as in a letter.
Superior people never make long visits.
the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look.
Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness.
A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.
All are / naked, none is safe.