Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask of Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the history of the art of printing.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering cold iron.

The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.

Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, natural science at a stand, philosophy lame, letters dumb, and all things involved in darkness.

[Mais par ce que selon le sage Salomon,] Sapience n'entre point en ame malivole, & science sans conscience n'est que ruyne de l'ame.

In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at h…