It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.