There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can it be easily put into practice?

We can never put ourselves in the shoes of children; we cannot fathom their thoughts, we lend them ours; and always following ourown reasoning, we stuff their heads with extravagance and error.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.