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

Obey; this may be right; but beware of reverence.... Government is nothing but regulated force; force is its appropriate claim upon your attention. It is the business of individuals to persuade; the tendency of concentrated strength, is only to give consistency and permanence to an influence more compendious than persuasion.

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

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

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

Hereditary wealth is in reality a premium paid to idleness.

Power is not happiness.