When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.

One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.

From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.

It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.