A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.