Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

You may be liberal in your praise where praise is due: it costs nothing; it encourages much.

In trying to teach children a great deal in a short time, they are treated not as though the race they were to run was for life, but simply a three-mile heat.

Let but the public mind become once thoroughly corrupt, and all attempts to secure property, liberty or life, by mere force of laws written on parchment, will be as vain as to put up printed notices in an orchard to keep off the canker-worms.

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

Be careful never to retire to rest in a room not properly ventilated.

The devil tempts men through their ambition, their cupidity, or their appetite, until he comes to the profane swearer, whom he clutches without any reward.