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.

While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.

A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.

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.

In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.