As Regards Parents, I Should

Those Who Wish To Appear Learned To Fools, Appear As Fools To The Learned.

When Defeat Is Inevitable, It Is Wisest To Yield.

Though Ambition In Itself Is A Vice, Yet It Is Often The Parent Of Virtues. [lat., Licet Ipsa Vitium Sit Ambitio, Frequenter Tamen Causa Virtutem Est.]

Our Minds Are Like Our Stomaches; They Are Whetted By The Change Of Their Food, And Variety Supplies Both With Fresh Appetite.

Though Ambition May Be A Fault In Itself, It Is Often The Mother Of Virtues.