Of studie took he most cure and most hede. Noght o word spak he more than was nede, And that was seyd in forme and reverence, And short and quik, and ful of hy sentence. Souninge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.

For him was lever han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But…

Nowher so bisy a man as he ther nas, And yet he semed bisier than he was.

A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also.

We can only instill principles, put the student in the right path, give him method, teach him how to study, and early to discern between essentials and non-ess…

Indeed, a constant element of enjoyment must be mingled with our studies, so that we think of learning as a game rather than a form of drudgery.

I intend no Monopoly, but a Community in Learning; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves.