Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too a….

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us..

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand..

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice..

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power..

Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest..

It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity..

It is the heart which inspires eloquence..

Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty. [Lat., Nimis in veritate, et similitudinis quam pulchritudinis amantior.].

A religion without mystics is a philosophy..

A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem.

Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning..

A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly..

The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire som….

That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind..

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide..

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it..

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind..

Usage is the best language teacher..

She abounds with lucious faults..