Nathanael Emmons
6 quotes.
Quotes by Nathanael Emmons
- Don't despair of a student if he has one clear idea.
- Habit is either the best of servants, or the worst of masters.
- If a man really has an idea he can communicate it; and if he has a clear one, he will communicate it clearly.
- It is easy to learn something about every thing, but difficult to learn everything about anything.
- One principal reason why men are so often useless is, that they divide and shift their attention among a multiplicity of objects and pursuits.
- These two rules make the best system: first, have something to say; second, say it.