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

I emphasize the reply that the liberty which a citizen enjoys is to be measured, not by the nature of the governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the relative paucity of the restraints it imposes on him.

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

Education has for its object to develop the child into a man of well proportioned and harmonious nature-this is alike the aim of parent and teacher.

Absolute morality is the regulation of conduct in such a way that pain shall not be inflicted.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

Whatever fosters militarism makes for barbarism; whatever fosters peace makes for civilization.