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

Books gratify and excite our curiosity in innumerable ways.

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

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

It is absurd to expect the inclinations and wishes of two human beings to coincide, through any long period of time. To oblige them to act and live together is to subject them to some inevitable potion of thwarting, bickering, and unhappiness.

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.