Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy

Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation.

Take a portion of wit, And fashion it fit, Like a needle, with point and with eye: A point that can wound, An eye to look round, And at folly or vice let it fly

The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form.

no subject of study is more important than reading…all other intellectual powers depend on it.

Finding oneself was a misnomer; a self is not found but made.