“ Our minds are like our stomaches they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. Quintilian
“ 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. Quintilian
“ While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it. Quintilian
“ To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination. Quintilian
“ Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately when lawful, they do not excite desire. Quintilian
“ The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body. Quintilian
“ If you direct your whole thought to work itself none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind. Quintilian
“ As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone. Quintilian
