When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
Usage is the best language teacher.