He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.
The most important experiences a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.
The faculty for remembering is not diminished in proportion to what one has learnt, just as little as the number of moulds in which you cast sand lessens its capacity for being cast in new moulds.
Trace Science, then, with Modesty thy guide,
First strip off all her equipage of Pride,
Deduct what is but Vanity or Dress,
Or Learning's Luxury or idleness,
Or tricks, to show the stretch of the human brain
Mere curious pleasure or ingenious pain.