Action, so to speak, is the genius of nature. |
Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious. |
Beauty! thou pretty plaything! dear deceit, That steals so softly o'er the stripling's heart, And gives it a new pulse unknown before! |
How blunt are all the arrows of thy quiver in comparison with those of guilt. |
Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. He who is a stranger to it may possess, but cannot enjoy, for it is labor only which gives relish to pleasure. It is the indispensable condition of possessing a sound mind in a sound body, and it is the appointed vehicle of every good to man. |
It's important to get on hands and knees and know what work is. It's about taking pride in their school and place where they live. |
Its visits, / Like those of angels, short, and far between. |
Of joys departed, not to return, how painful the remembrance |
See yonder maker of the dead man's bed, The sexton, hoary-headed chronicle, Of hard, unmeaning face, down which ne'er stole A gentle tear. |
Smiled like yon knot of cowslips on a cliff. |
The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,/ Whistling aloud to bear his courage up. |
The schoolboy, with his satchel in his hand,/ Whistling aloud to bear his courage up. |
Throughout the whole vegetable, sensible, and rational world, whatever makes progress towards maturity, as soon as it has passed that point, begins to verge towards decay. |
We're trying to get that kid who has all the gifts, but doesn't have the structure -- that home environment -- and give him the support, challenges, rigor and expectations that a boarding-school environment provides. |
When it draws near to witching time of night. |