We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.