If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out read more

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.

Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.

The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost
childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant read more

Learning hath his infancy, when it is but beginning and almost
childish; then his youth, when it is luxuriant and juvenile; then
his strength of years, when it is solid and reduced; and lastly
his old age, when it waxeth dry and exhaust.

He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.

Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.

Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.