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

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.

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

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

My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing and abhorrence of life, and all that life carries in its train.

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.