Indolence Is The Sleep Of The Mind.

If Children Had Teachers For Judgment And Eloquence Just As They Have For Languages, If Their Memory Was Exercised Less Than Their Energy Or Their Natural Genius, If Instead Of Deadening Their Vivacity Of Mind We Tried To Elevate The Free Scope And Impulse Of Their Souls, What Might Not Result From A Fine Disposition? As It Is, We Forget That Courage, Or Love Of Truth And Glory Are The Virtues That Matter Most In Youth; And Our One Endeavour Is To Subdue Our Children's Spirits, In Order To Teach Them That Dependence And Suppleness Are The First Laws Of Success In Life.

Commerce Is The School Of Cheating.

I Do Not Approve The Maxim Which Desires A Man To Know A Little Of Everything. Superficial Knowledge, Knowledge Without Principles, Is Almost Always Useless And Sometimes Harmful Knowledge.

Obscurity Is The Realm Of Error.

The Mind Is The Soul's Eye, Not Its Source Of Power. That Lies In The Heart, In Other Words, In The Passions.