A Man Prepared Has Half Fought The

Nothing Costs Less Nor Is Cheaper Than Compliments Of Civility.

Where Envy Reigns Virtue Can't Exist, And Generosity Doesn't Go With Meanness.

The Very Remembrance Of My Former Misfortune Proves A New One To Me.

Translation From One Language To Another Is Like Viewing A Piece Of Tapestry On The Wrong Side Where Though The Figures Are Distinguishable Yet There Are So Many Ends And Threads That The Beauty And Exactness Of The Work Is Obscured.

Men Of Great Talents, Whether Poets Or Historians, Seldom Escape The Attacks Of Those Who, Without Ever Favoring The World With Any Production Of Their Own, Take Delight In Criticising The Works Of Others.