A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.

Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.