Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.

Self-love is a busy prompter.

It is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. You may stand disputing which is best to put in first, but in the mean time your breech is bare. Sir, while you are considering which of two things you should teach your child first, another boy has learned them both.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.