Few Maxims Are True In Every Respect.

Patience Is The Art Of Hoping.

In Order To Do Great Things, It Is Necessary To Live As If One Was Never To Die.

If Children Had Teachers For Judgment And Eloquence Just As They Have For Languages, If Their Memory Was Exercised Less Than Their Energy Or Their Natural Genius, If Instead Of Deadening Their Vivacity Of Mind We Tried To Elevate The Free Scope And Impulse Of Their Souls, What Might Not Result From A Fine Disposition? As It Is, We Forget That Courage, Or Love Of Truth And Glory Are The Virtues That Matter Most In Youth; And Our One Endeavour Is To Subdue Our Children's Spirits, In Order To Teach Them That Dependence And Suppleness Are The First Laws Of Success In Life.

None Are More Liable To Mistakes Than Those Who Act Only On Second Thoughts.

Hatred Is Keener Than Friendship, Less Keen Than Love.