It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.
Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.
You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.
He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.