Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.

Our judgment will always suspect those weapons that can be used with equal prospect of success on both sides.

The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.

Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

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.

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