When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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.
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.