The Mind Is Exercised By The Variety

A Liar Should Have A Good Memory.

For All The Best Teachers Pride Themselves On Having A Large Number Of Pupils And Think Themselves Worthy Of A Bigger Audience.

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.

Prune What Is Turgid, Elevate What Is Commonplace, Arrange What Is Disorderly, Introduce Rhythm Where The Language Is Harsh, Modify Where It Is Too Absolute.

We Should Not Speak So That It Is Possible For The Audience To Understand Us, But So That It Is Impossible For Them To Misunderstand Us.