Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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.
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.