Bodies are cleansed by water; the mind is purified by truth.

Willmott has very tersely said that embellished truths are the illuminated alphabet of larger children.

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

When a child can be brought to tears, not from fear of punishment, but from repentance for his offence, he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from grief at one's own conduct, be sure there is an angel nestling in the bosom.

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

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

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