Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

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

One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.

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.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.