There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.

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.

Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.

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

The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.

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

Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.