One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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.
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
Usage is the best language teacher.
The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.