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

If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.

Literature, taken in all its bearings, forms the grand line of demarcation between the human and the animal kingdoms.

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.

Whenever truth stands in the mind unaccompanied by the evidence upon which it depends, it cannot properly be said to be apprehended at all.

Books gratify and excite our curiosity in innumerable ways.

If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease to be an universal problem.