Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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.