Boys naturally look on all force as an enemy.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

Nothing is easier than to teach historical method, but, when learned, it has little use.

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

A parent gives life, but as parent, gives no more. A murderer takes life, but his deed stops there. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.