There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.
Don't appear so scholarly, pray. Humanize your talk, and speak to be understood.
Nearly all men die of their medicines, not of their diseases.
When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.
I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.