That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.