It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
Quintilian
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
Quintilian
It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.
Quintilian
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
Quintilian
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
Quintilian
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
Quintilian
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
Quintilian
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
Quintilian