Children have as much mind to show that they are free, that their own good actions come from themselves, that they are absolute and independent, as any of the proudest of you grown men, think of them as you please.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing.

He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.

The least and most imperceptible impressions received in our infancy have consequences very important and of long duration.

Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes.

There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason.