We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
Usage is the best language teacher.
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.
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.