When We Cannot Hope To Win, It

For The Mind Is All The Easier To Teach Before It Is Set.

That Which Offends The Ear Will Not Easily Gain Admission To The Mind.

Without Natural Gifts Technical Rules Are Useless.

Forbidden Pleasures Alone Are Loved Immoderately; When Lawful, They Do Not Excite Desire.

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.