Those they praise, but they read the others.
The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.
It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, "I will live." To-morrow's life is too late; live to-day.
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
It is to live twice when we can enjoy the recollections of our former life.