Nay, what is worse, perhaps turn poet, which, they say, is an infectious and incurable distemper.

Be brief, for no talk can please when too long. Being prepared is half the victory.

And thus being totally preoccupied, he rode so slowly that the sun was soon glowing with such intense heat that it would have melted his brains, if he'd had any.

Though Gods attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

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.

I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.