There is hardly a more heart-thrilling pleasure enjoyed by mortals, than that which parents feel when seeing their child first being able to 'catch knowledge of objects.

Water is the grand epic of creation; and there is not a human soul but feels the influence of its majesty, its power, or its beauty.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of the schoolmaster.

Americans have two ardent passions; the love of liberty, and love of distinction.

There can be no education without leisure; and without leisure, education is worthless.

It requires but a few threads of hope, for the heart that is skilled in the secret, to weave a web of happiness.