False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse.

A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart.

There may be frugality which is not economy. A community, that withholds the means of education from its children, withholds the bread of life and starves their souls.

The most precious wine is produced upon the sides of volcanoes. Now bold and inspiring ideals are only born of a clear head that stands over a glowing heart.

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.

There is nothing so costly as ignorance.

Of all "rights" which command attention at the present time among us, woman's rights seem to take precedence.