The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.

For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.

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

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.