In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page-boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk- they are all part of the curriculum.

In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bot…

In all the works on pedagogy that ever I read - and they have been many, big, and heavy - I don't remember that any one has advocated a system of teaching by p…

The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it.

That knowledge which adds greatness to character is knowledge so handled as to transform every phase of immediate experience.