To Keep Your Secret Is Wisdom; But

Present Opportunities Are Neglected, And Attainable Good Is Slighted, By Minds Busied In Extensive Ranges And Intent Upon Future Advantages.

...it Will Not Always Happen That The Success Of A Poet Is Proportionate To His Labor.

I Never Desire To Converse With A Man Who Has Written More Than He Has Read.

The Greatest Part Of A Writer's Time Is Spent In Reading In Order To Write. A Man Will Turn Over Half A Library To Make A Book.

I Will Take No More Physick, Not Even My Opiates; For I Have Prayed That I May Render Up My Soul To God Unclouded.