Republics, one after another . . . have perished from a want of intelligence and virtue in the masses of the people. . . .
Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.
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.
Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate.
A house without books is like a room without windows.
True glory is a flame lighted at the skies.