Man is the creature of circumstances.

To train and educate the rising generation will at all times be the first object of society, to which every other will be subordinate.

Never argue, repeat your assertion.

It is particularly recommended, as a means of uniting the inhabitants of the village into one family, that while each faithfully adheres to the principles which he most approves, at the same time all shall think charitably of their neighbours respecting their religious opinions, and not presumptuously suppose that theirs alone are right.

There are good hearts to serve men in palaces as in cottages.

Man is the creature of circumstances.

Society may be formed so as to exist without crime, without poverty, with health greatly improved, with little, if any misery, and with intelligence and happiness increased a hundredfold; and no obstacle whatsoever intervenes at this moment except ignorance to prevent such a state of society from becoming universal.