Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

That which most contributes to the permanence of constitutions is the adaptation of education to the form of government, and yet in our own day this principle is universally neglected. The best laws, though sanctioned by every citizen of the state, will be of no avail unless the young are trained by habit and education in the spirit of the constitution.

There are no experienced young people. Time makes experience.

One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the constitution; the virtue of the citizen must therefore be relative to the constitution of which he is a member.

When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a constitution.

Happiness, then, is found to be something perfect and self-sufficient, being the end to which our actions are directed.

Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds.