Love is simply the name for the desire and pursuit of the whole.

I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Much sleep is not required by nature, either for our souls or bodies, or for the action in which they are concerned.

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.

Excellent things are rare.

Physical excellence does not of itself produce a good mind and character: on the other hand, excellence of mind and character will make the best of the physique it is given.