The Perfection Of Art Is To Conceal

In Almost Everything, Experience Is More Valuable Than Precept.

Suffering Itself Does Less Afflict The Senses Than The Apprehension Of Suffering.

Men Of Quality Are In The Wrong To Undervalue, As They Often Do, The Practise Of A Fair And Quick Hand In Writing; For It Is No Immaterial Accomplishment.

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.

To Swear, Except When Necessary, Is Becoming To An Honorable Man. [lat., In Totum Jurare, Nisi Ubi Necesse Est, Gravi Viro Parum Convenit.]