A liar should have a good memory.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

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

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.