And once we have given our community a good start,' I pointed out, ' the process will be cumulative. By maintaining a sound system of education you produce citizens of good character, and citizens of sound character, with the advantage of a good education, produce in turn children better than themselves and better able to produce still better children in their turn, as can be seen with animals.

The right question is usually more important than the right answer.

It is vain for the sober man to knock at poesy's door.

Few men are so obstinate in their atheism, that a pressing danger will not compel them to acknowledgment of a divine power.

The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

It behooves those who take the young to task to leave them room for excuse, lest they drive them to be hardened by too much rebuke.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.