So it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder hither and yon in the vague field of imagination... And there is no mad or idle fancy that they do not bring forth in the agitation.

But as Nature is the best guide, teaching must be the development of natural inclinations, for which purpose the teacher must watch his pupil and listen to him, not continually bawl words into his ears as if pouring water into a funnel. Good teaching will come from a mind well made rather than well filled.

... whoever believes anything esteems that it is a work of charity to persuade another of it.

Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.

Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want then when you see what the other person has, you wish you had ordered that.

A liar would be brave toward God, while he is a coward toward men; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.

A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.