A man, groundly learned already, may take much profit himself in using by epitome to draw other men’s works, for his own memory sake, into short room. – Roger Ascham
Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning. – Roger Ascham
There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. – Roger Ascham
A learned historian declared to me of a contemporary, that the latter had appropriated his researches; he might, indeed, and he had a right to refer to the same originals; but if his predecessor had opened the sources for him, gratitude is not a silent virtue. – Isaac D’Israeli, “Quotation,” A Second Series of Curiosities of Literature