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.

Nature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand; the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon; of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars; actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll.

The best teachers don't allow their own personal views to influence their teaching.

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.

Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep.

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.