“If you wish me to weep, you yourselfMust first feel grief.”

“What you have not published, you can destroy. The word once sent forth can never be recalled.”

“Ut haec ipsa qui non sentiat deorum vim habere is nihil omnino sensurus esse videatur."If any man cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of any feeling at all.”

“Whatever advice you give, be brief.”

“Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.”

“You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers”

“Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money. ”