He would be laughed at, that should go about to make a fine dancer out of a country hedger, at past fifty. And he will not have much better success, who shall endeavour, at that age, to make a man reason well, or speak handsomely, who has never been used to it, though you should lay before him a collection of all the best precepts of logic or oratory.
John LockeIt is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.
John LockeA king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also.
John LockeThe thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.
John LockeThat which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.
John Locke