Quintilian

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Quintilian

For evil habits, when they once settle, are more easily broken then mended.

Quintilian

The mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.

Quintilian

From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.

Quintilian

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.

Quintilian

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.

Quintilian

In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.

Quintilian

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

Quintilian

It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.

Quintilian

It is the heart which inspires eloquence.

Quintilian