For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.

By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

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

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.