A liar should have a good memory.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.

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

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

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.

The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.