It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.
Medicine for the dead is too late
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.