All that we know is nothing can be known.

I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul.

Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.

Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.

What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.

Knowledge is our ultimate good.