Choose an author as you would a friend.

Invention is not so much the result of labor as of judgment.

Let us not write at a loose rambling rate, in hope the world will wink at all our faults.

What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.

Choose an author as you would a friend.

The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly good, 'Twill cost you dear before he's understood.

Abstruse and mystic thoughts you must express With painful care, but seeming easiness; For truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress.