Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.