Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.