“It is difficult for people of advanced years to start remembering they must die. It is best to form the habit while young.”
“It is while we are young that the habit of industry is formed. If not then, it never is afterward.”
“Kids are more advanced these days. The teenage years now start at 11.”
“No fiction is worth reading except for entertainment. If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature, or its kind. If it forms the habit of reading, in people who might not read otherwise, it is the best literature.”
“Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, you can unlock the secrets to what made them great.”
“In any case, the most lively young people become the best old people, not those who pretend to be as wise as grandfathers while they are still at school.”