Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds your stuff to any degree of fineness.

I cannot but think that he who finds a certain proportion of pain and evil inseparably woven up in the life of the very worms, will bear his own share with more courage and submission.

Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind's throwing?

Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction.

Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the "golden hair" will not curl less gracefully outside the head by reason of there being brains within.

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of a pint pot has had an admirable training in accuracy of eye and hand.