The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.