Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
Much dearer be the things which come through hard distress.
We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
No philosopher's stone of a constitution can produce golden conduct from leaden instincts.
Education has for its object the formation of character.