To behold, is not necessary to observe, and the power of comparing and combining is only to be obtained by education. It is much to be regretted that habits of exact observation are not cultivated in our schools; to this deficiency may be traced much of the fallacious reasoning, the false philosophy which prevails.

Possession, it is true, crowns exertion with rest; but it is only in the illusions of fancy that it has power to charm us.

If it were not somewhat fanciful to suppose that every human excellence is presented, as it were, in one kind of being, we might believe that the whole treasure of morality and order is enshrined in the female character.

No matter how good or great a man may be, there is yet a better and a greater man within him.

It is continued temperance which sustains the body for the longest period of time, and which most surely preserves it free from sickness.

It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is. And the best way is with gratitude while trying to improve it for the good of others and themselves.

The State is not in itself an end, but is only a means towards human development.