Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.

One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books.

Many are those who can argue; few are those who can converse

Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.

A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.