When Defeat Is Inevitable, It Is Wisest

That Which Prematurely Arrives At Perfection Soon Perishes.

The Soul Languishing In Obscurity Contracts A Kind Of Rust, Or Abandons Itself To The Chimera Of Presumption; For It Is Natural For It To Acquire Something, Even When Separated From Any One.

It Is Much Easier To Try One's Hand At Many Things Than To Concentrate One's Powers On One Thing.

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.

Those Who Wish To Appear Wise Among Fools, Among The Wise Seem Foolish.