Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
A liar ought to have a good memory.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.