Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian