Without Natural Gifts Technical Rules Are Useless.

The Mind Is Exercised By The Variety And Multiplicity Of The Subject Matter, While The Character Is Moulded By The Contemplation Of Virtue And Vice.

The Learned Understand The Reason Of Art; The Unlearned Feel The Pleasure.

To Swear, Except When Necessary, Is Becoming To An Honorable Man. [lat., In Totum Jurare, Nisi Ubi Necesse Est, Gravi Viro Parum Convenit.]

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

Medicine For The Dead Is Too Late