“However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.”

“It is not the man of great native talent who wins, but he who pushes his talent however small to its utmost capacity.”

“Ignorance is of a peculiar nature; once dispelled, it is impossible to reestablish it. It is not originally a thing of itself, but is only the absence of knowledge; and though man may be kept ignorant, he cannot be made ignorant.”

“Do not be discouraged because you cannot learn all at once; learn one thingat a time, learn it well, and treasure it up, then learn another truth andtreasure that up, and in a few years you will have a great store of usefulknowledge....”

“Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.”

“(...) we must learn to accept that all creatures, however fearsome they may be, are of divineorigin.”