Praise begets emulation,--a goodly seed to sow among youthful students.

Schoolhouses are the republican line of fortifications.

Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

Republics, one after another . . . have perished from a want of intelligence and virtue in the masses of the people. . . .

Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.