The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.

Language is a living thing

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

Bad teaching wastes a great deal of effort, and spoils many lives which might have been full of energy and happiness.

If you do not actually like boys and girls, or young men and young women, give up teaching.

The teacher's chief difficulty is poverty. He (or she) belongs to a badly paid profession. He cannot dress and live like a workman, but he is sometimes paid as little as an unskilled laborer.