For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them

In good speaking, should not the mind of the speaker know the truth of the matter about which he is to speak.

The beginning is the most important part...for that is the time character is being formed.

We become what we contemplate.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

If there is no contradictory impression, there is nothing to awaken reflection

The seen is the changing, the unseen is the unchanging.