Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathermatics, subtile; natural philosophy, dee moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend: Abeunt studia in mores.

• 历史使人聪明；诗歌使人机智；数学使人精密；哲理使人深刻；道德使人正经；逻辑与修辞使人能言善辩：总之，读书能陶冶人的性情。