By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.