Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.

The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.

For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.