Knowledge is the foundation and source of good writing. [Lat., Scibendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.]
Too indolent to bear the toil of writing; I mean of writing well; I say nothing about quantity. [Lat., Piger scribendi ferre laborem; Scribendi recte, nam ut multum nil moror.]
The man is either crazy or he is a poet.
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.
In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.
Often you must turn your stylus to erase, if you hope to write anything worth a second reading.
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.
One gains universal applause who mingles the useful with the agreeable, at once delighting and instructing the reader.
The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.
Ye who write, choose a subject suited to your abilities. [Lat., Sumite materiam vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus.]
Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint Scripturus.]
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