Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year

Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear

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

Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable