“He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.”

“We never do anything consciously for the last time without sadness of heart.”

“A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.”

“Never trust a man who writes more than he reads.”

“If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.”

“A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.”

“I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.”