It Is Much Easier To

Whilst We Deliberate How To Begin A Thing, It Grows Too Late To Begin It.

Ambition Is A Vice, But It May Be The Father Of Virtue.

The Mind Is Exercised By The Variety And Multiplicity Of The Subject Matter, While The Character Is Moulded By The Contemplation Of Virtue And Vice.

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

As Regards Parents, I Should Like To See Them As Highly Educated As Possible, And I Do Not Restrict This Remark To Fathers Alone.