Those Who Wish To Appear Learned To

Too Exact, And Studious Of Similitude Rather Than Of Beauty. [lat., Nimis In Veritate, Et Similitudinis Quam Pulchritudinis Amantior.]

When Defeat Is Inevitable, It Is Wisest To Yield.

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 Something, Even When Separated From Any One.

Sayings Designed To Raise A Laugh Are Generally Untrue And Never Complimentary. Laughter Is Never Far Removed From Derision.

To My Mind The Boy Who Gives Least Promise Is One In Whom The Critical Faculty Develops In Advance Of The Imagination.