I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps.

Easy for them to keep their youth who will never learn a lesson.

The reason why I hated school so intensely [was that] it interfered with my freedom.

I hated school so intensely. It interfered with my freedom. I avoided the discipline by an elaborate technique of being absent-minded during classes.

The times when we need prayers or counsel, we are little like to be in a mood to learn, nor yet to understand.

I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for me to acquire a good education and follow in his footsteps.

I saw not till now what sin brings with it - that we must tread others underfoot.