The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person