It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. The true object of juvenile education, is to provide, against the age of five and twenty, a mind well regulated, active, and prepared to learn. Whatever will inspire habits of industry and observation, will sufficiently answer this purpose.

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

One thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you.

The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.

'Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.