The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

Mother, when your children are irritable, do not make them more so by scolding and fault-finding, but correct their irritability by good nature and mirthfulness. Irritability comes from errors in food, bad air, too little sleep, a necessity for change of scene and surroundings; from confinement in close rooms, and lack of sunshine.

Only when Genius is married to Science can the highest results be produced.

It is the function of parents to see that their children habitually experience the true consequences of their conduct.

We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things evil,' but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous.

The most important attribute of man as a moral being is the faculty of self-control.