A liar ought to have a good memory.
In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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.
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.