The home is the chief school of human virtues.

One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.

Our affections are our life. We live by them; they supply our warmth.

It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

The chief evil of war is more evil. War is the concentration of all human crimes. Here is its distinguishing, accursed brand. Under its standard gather violence, malignity, rage, fraud, perfidy, rapacity, and lust. If it only slew man, it would do little. It turns man into a beast of prey.

Knowledge is essential to freedom.

Home - the nursery of the Infinite.