There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done.

Hereditary wealth is in reality a premium paid to idleness.

Everything that is usually understood by the term co-operation is, in some degree, an evil.

In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question.

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.