For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the education for? Clearly, to fit the people for social life - to make them good citizens. And who is to say what are good citizens? The government: there is no other judge. And who is to say how these good citizens may be made? The government: there is no other judge. Hence the proposition is convertible into this - a government ought to mold children into good citizens, using its own discretion in settling what a good citizen is and how the child may be molded into one.

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

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

Policeman are soldiers who act alone; soldiers are policeman who act in unison.

To play billiards well was a sign of an ill-spent youth