A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice - but as yet unstained.
The highest qualities of character...must be earned.
Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
It is easy to condemn, it is better to pity.
I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.