Profound thought is conveyed in language of very great simplicity and purity.

We attempt to define a person, the most commonplace person we know, but he will not submit to bounds; some unexpected beauty of nature breaks out; we find he is not what we thought, and begin to suspect that every person exceeds our power of measurement.

Education is the science of relations

Education, like faith, is the evidence of things not seen.

The teacher who allows his scholars the freedom of the city of books is at liberty to be their guide, philosopher and friend; and is no longer the mere instrument of forcible intellectual feeding.

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

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.