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

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires ten times as much skill to keep it.

Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Men are too coarsely made for the delicacy of beautiful carriage and customs. It is not quite sufficient to good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.

Let us be silent — so we may hear the whisper of the gods.

America is another name for opportunity.

Society is frivolous, and shreds its day into scraps, its conversation into ceremonies and escapes.