Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must bear in mind that growth, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, is the sole end of education.

The mother who takes pains to endow her children with good habits secures for herself smooth and easy days.

Never be within doors when you can rightly be without.

Authority is just and faithful in all matters of promise-keeping; it is also considerate, and that is why a good mother is the best home-ruler.

Give your child a single valuable idea, and you have done more for his education than if you had laid upon his mind the burden of bushels of information.

A child is a person in whom all possibilities are present - present now at this very moment - not to be educed after many years and efforts manifold on the part of the educator

A child gets moral notions from the fairy-tales he delights in, as do his elders from tale and verse.