The home is the chief school of human virtues.
A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.
It feeds and grows on the blood which it sheds. The passions , from which it springs, gain strength and fury from indulgence.
Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.
One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.
The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.