A man reacheth not to excellence with one language.

Twenty to one offend more in writing too much than too little.

To be rash is to be bold without shame and without skill.

He that will write well in any tongue must follow this counsel of Aristotle: to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do.

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

It is costly wisdom that is brought by experience.

Charles V used to say that "the more languages a man knew, he was so many more times a man." Each new form of human speech introduces one into a new world of thought and life. So in some degree is it in traversing other continents and mingling with other races. As a hawk flieth not high with one wing, even so a man reacheth not to excellence with one tongue.