Though Ambition May Be A Fault In

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

Those Who Wish To Appear Learned To Fools, Appear As Fools To The Learned.

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.]

Prune What Is Turgid, Elevate What Is Commonplace, Arrange What Is Disorderly, Introduce Rhythm Where The Language Is Harsh, Modify Where It Is Too Absolute.

That Which Offends The Ear Will Not Easily Gain Admission To The Mind.