Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit.

The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.

Books are the depositary of everything that is most honourable to man.

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.

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

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

The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.