Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.
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.
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.