Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. -Quintilian Food
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination. -Quintilian Imagination
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort. -Quintilian Teacher
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it. -Quintilian Truth