The useful type of successful teacher is one whose main interest is the children, not the subject.
Hatreds are the cinders of affection.
Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors, for they will strengthen thy imperfections, encourage thee in all evils, correct thee in nothing, but so shadow and paint thy follies and vices as thou shalt never, by their will, discover good from evil, or vice from virtue.
Trust few men; above all, keep your follies to yourself.
Expressive glances Shall be our lances And pops of Sillery Our light artillery.
Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.