A liar ought to have a good memory.
A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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.