Education may work wonders as well in warping the genius of individuals as in seconding it.

The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.

There are truths that shield themselves behind veils, and are best spoken by implication. Even the sun veils himself in his own rays to blind the gaze of the too curious starer.

The wisest and best are repulsive, if they are characterized by repulsive manners. Politeness is an easy virtue, costs little, and has great purchasing power.

Good-humor, gay spirits, are the liberators, the sure cure for spleen and melancholy. Deeper than tears, these irradiate the tophets with their glad heavens. Go laugh, vent the pits, transmuting imps into angels by the alchemy of smiles. The satans flee at the sight of these redeemers.

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.