Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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.