In the pleading of cases nothing pleases so much as brevity.

It is better to excel in any single art than to arrive only at mediocrity in several, so moderate skill in several is to be preferred where one cannot attain to perfection in any.

The happier time, the quicker it passes

Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.

Literature is both my joy and my comfort: it can add to every happiness and there is no sorrow it cannot console.

Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial.