Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

By writing, you learn to write.

Most men are unwilling to be taught.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

To understand the works of celebrated authors, to comprehend their systems, and retain their reasonings, is a task more than equal to common intellects; and he is by no means to be accounted useless or idle, who has stored his mind with acquired knowledge, and can detail it occasionally to others who have less leisure or weaker abilities.

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its own sophisms, and keep it on guard against the fallacies which it practices on others