The best stomachs are not those which reject all foods.

The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.

Train children not by compulsion but as if they were playing.

The mortal nature is seeking as far as is possible to be everlasting and immortal: and this is only to be attained by generation, because the new is always left in the place of the old.

Man was not made for himself alone

So the nature required to make a really noble Guardian of our commonwealth will be swift and strong, spirited, and philosophic.

God ever geometrizes.