We must be careful what we read, and not, like the sailors of Ulysses, take bags of wind for sacks of treasure.
John LubbockA wise system of education will at last teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.
John LubbockHere are the three great questions which in life we have over and over again to answer: Is it right or wrong? Is it true or false? Is it beautiful or ugly? Our education ought to help us to answer these questions.
John LubbockWe are all great landed proprietors, if we only knew it. What we lack is not land, but the power to enjoy it. Moreover, this great inheritance has the additional advantage that it entails no labor, requires no management. The landlord has the trouble, but the landscape belongs to everyone who has eyes to see it.
John Lubbock