Improvement depends far less upon length of tasks and hours of application than is supposed. Children can take in but a little each day; they are like vases with a narrow neck; you may pour little or pour much, but much will not enter at a time.

Achieving a goal is nothing. The getting there is everything.

Improvement depends far less upon length of tasks and hours of application than is supposed. Children can take in but a little each day; they are like vases with a narrow neck; you may pour little or pour much, but much will not enter at a time.

You are one of the forces of nature.

What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education.

Love is strong in its passion; affection is powerful in its gentleness.

The historian's first duties are sacrilege and the mocking of false gods. They are his indispensable instruments for establishing the truth.