There is no sphere in which a human being can be supposed to act where one mode of reasoning will not, in every given instance, be more reasonable than any other mode. That mode the being is bound by every principle of justice to pursue.

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

The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force, to endeavour to reduce men to intellectual uniformity; but on the contrary by teaching every man to think for himself.

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

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.