Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.
Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.