“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
“I have always thought the actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.”
“The only defence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”
“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the colour of our moral character, from those who are around us.”
“Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.”
“The things he sees are not just remembered; they form a part of his soul.”