Birth: 35 Death: 100
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other anim….
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity..
A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power..
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide..
Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly..
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..
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning..
It is the heart which inspires eloquence..
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune..
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty. [Lat., Nimis in veritate, et similitudinis quam pulchritudinis amantior.].
The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity..
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught..
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity..
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate..
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering..
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly..
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. [Lat., Licet ipsa vitium sit ambitio, frequenter tamen causa virtutem est….
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. [Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi viro parum convenit.].
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it..
Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures. [Lat., Continuis voluptatibus vicina satietas.].
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless..