With thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the rose of joy. Round it all the muses sing.

The difference between talent and genius is in the direction of the current: in genius, it is from within outward; in talent from without inward.

The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.

I believe that our own experience instructs us that the secret of Education lies in respecting the pupil.

Only to youth will spring be spring.

Nature is upheld by antagonism. Passions, resistance, danger, are educators. We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.