Those Who Wish To Appear Wise Among

Give Me The Boy Who Rouses When He Is Praised, Who Profits When He Is Encouraged And Who Cries When He Is Defeated. Such A Boy Will Be Fired By Ambition; He Will Be Stung By Reproach, And Animated By Preference; Never Shall I Apprehend Any Bad Consequences From Idleness In Such A Boy.

It Is The Nurse That The Child First Hears, And Her Words That He Will First Attempt To Imitate.

Our Minds Are Like Our Stomaches; They Are Whetted By The Change Of Their Food, And Variety Supplies Both With Fresh Appetite.

To My Mind The Boy Who Gives Least Promise Is One In Whom The Critical Faculty Develops In Advance Of The Imagination.

A Woman Who Is Generous With Her Money Is To Be Praised; Not So, If She Is Generous With Her Person