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.

Composition is as natural as jumping and running to children who have been allowed due use of books.

Education is an atmosphere, a discipline, a life

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.

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

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.

We have never been so rich in books. But there has never been a generation when there is so much twaddle in print for children.