[Meanness] is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.

The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it

The family is the association established by nature for the supply of men's everyday wants.

The aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought....The little human animal will not at first have the right responses. It must be trained to feel pleasure, liking, disgust, and hatred at those things which really are pleasant, likable, disgusting, and hateful.

We can't learn without pain.