Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing Turn to your Periods: study to explain your Thoughts, and set them in the truest Light, labouring as much as possible, not to leave them dark nor intricate, but clear and intelligible.

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.

Every production must resemble its author.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.