A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.

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.

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.

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

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

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.