Give me the boy who rouses when he is praised, who profits when he is encouraged and who cries when he is defeated. Such a boy will be fired by ambition; he will be stung by reproach, and animated by preference; never shall I apprehend any bad consequences from idleness in such a boy.

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.

That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.

God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.