Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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.