Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.

The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and diligently planted, varied with shades, and scented with flowers.

Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.

Much is due to those who first broke the way to knowledge, and left only to their successors the task of smoothing it.

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.