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

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.

Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.

Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.

While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.