“If it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the teaching were placed on the few things absolutely essential to this result, all might in their own way arrive there, and rejoice in its flowers.”

“The journey is the reward”

“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”

“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy”

“The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell”

“Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself”