Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.