The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

It is the heart which inspires eloquence.

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

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.

A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem

A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.

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