Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.