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

I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse.

Beware what spirit rages in your breast; for one inspired, ten thousand are possessed.

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

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.

Sound judgment is the ground of writing well.