NOTE: 66

[he] educates without weariness, and teacheth that which is needful for the soul and the body. And even as the gardener tendeth the young planted trees, pruneth the dry and useless branches, and grafteth the good and the useful that they may be fruitful; likewise also the diligent master nurtureth and educates his pupils, that they may be civil, learned, and virtuous. 2. It is needful that, at the time of taking lessons and learning, we look not hither and thither, but keep our minds collected, and listen willingly and with relish unto the lesson given by the master, that we may learn quickly and well. For man's life is short, the things to be learned are many, and time is mutable; when we deem [it] a convenient season, of a sudden an unexpected accident befalleth, and leaveth us no time to learn. Therefore, while we have time, let us strive to learn, that we may not remain crude and ignorant. 3. It is needful that we forget not the master's benefactions, and with gifts and grac[es...]