We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
A liar should have a good memory.
There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.