Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education.

Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion.

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.

The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.