| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Writing |
| | | He that intends to write what is worthy to be read more than once should blot frequently. Horace. | 1 |
| If you would write naturally, vigorously, delicately, you must express the truth. La Bruyère. | 2 |
Of all those arts in which the wise excel
Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well. Buckingham. | 3 |
| Sound judgment is the ground of writing well. Roscommon. | 4 |
| True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. Pope. | 5 |
| Write with the learned but speak with the vulgar. | 6 |
| Writing is the language of the hand. Hebrew. | 7 |
You write with ease to show your breeding.
But easy writing’s curst hard reading. Moore’s Life of Sheridan. | 8 | | |
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