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

Thank Heaven, the female heart is untenantable by atheism.

Man is improvable. Some people think he is only a machine, and that the only difference between a man and a mill is, that one is carried by blood and the other by water.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

One thing I certainly never was made for, and that is to put principles on and off at the dictation of a party, as a lackey changes his livery at his master's command.

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.

Education is an organic necessity of a human being.