Histories do men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtile; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend. Abeunt studia in morse.

• 读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科技使人深刻，伦理学使人庄重，逻辑修辞之学使人善辩；凡有所学，皆成性格。