Schools have not necessarily much to do with education...they are mainly institutions of control where certain basic habits must be inculcated in the young. Education is quite different and has little place in school.

Don't give your son money. As far as you can afford it, give him horses.

I have watched this famous island descending incontinently, fecklessly, the stairway which lead to a dark gulf.

Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.

The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.