While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
A liar ought to have a good memory.
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.