Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute.
Medicine for the dead is too late
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person