The Wise Man Is Satisfied With Nothing.

I Shall Attempt To Prove Two Things: First, That The Actions And Dispositions Of Mankind Are The Offspring Of Circumstances And Events, And Not Of Any Original Determination That They Bring Into The World; And, Secondly, That The Great Stream Of Our Voluntary Actions Essentially Depends, Not Upon The Direct And Immediate Impulses Of Sense, But Upon The Decisions Of The Understanding.

The Proper Method For Hastening The Decay Of Error Is By Teaching Every Man To Think For Himself.

No Maxim Can Be More Pernicious Than That Which Would Teach Us To Consult The Temper Of The Times, And To Tell Only So Much As We Imagine Our Contemporaries Will Be Able To Bear.

Self-respect To Be Nourished In The Mind Of The Pupil, Is One Of The Most Valuable Results Of A Well Conducted Education.

There Must Be Room For The Imagination To Exercise Its Powers; We Must Conceive And Apprehend A Thousand Things Which We Do Not Actually Witness.