After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of peasant,-the only two absolute grounds of exemption from attendance are sickness and death.

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.

Temptation is a fearful word. It indicates the beginning of a possible series of infinite evils. It is the ringing of an alarm bell, whose melancholy sounds may reverberate through eternity. Like the sudden, sharp cry of "Fire!" under our windows by night, it should rouse us to instantaneous action, and brace every muscle to its highest tension.

You need not tell all the truth, unless to those who have a right to know it; but let all you tell be truth.

It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.

Teaching isn't one-tenth as effective as training.

We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.