If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.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
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.Quintilian
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.Quintilian
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.Quintilian