Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.

No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.

That which seems to be wealth may in verity be only the gilded index of far reaching ruin

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.

The child who desires education will be bettered by it; the child who dislikes it disgraced.

God never imposes a duty without giving time to do it.

It is only by labour that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labour can be made happy, and the two cannot be separated with impunity.