To do injustice is more disgraceful than to suffer it.

The greater part of instruction is being reminded of things you already know.

Avoid compulsion and let early education be a matter of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.

To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

Love is a grave mental illness.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow... even if that someone is yourself!