punishments ought to be reformatory.   Not only must they never, by vindictiveness in him who gives, and degradation in him who receives, impair the instincts and resolves for a better life;

DISCIPLINE, like the bridle in the hand of a good rider, should exercise its influence without appearing to do so, should be ever active, both as a support and as a restraint, yet seem to lie easily in hand.

The child sees what we are, behind what we wish to be…. This is why the first principle of education is: train yourself;  and the first rule to follow if you wish to possess yourself of a child’s will is: master your own. 

All transitions are dangerous;  and the most dangerous is the transition from the restraint of the family circle to the non-restraint of the world.

THE main duty of those who care for the young is to secure their wholesome, their entire growth;

We shall be agreed once more that the noblest fruit of education is character, and not acquirements:  

READING furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge;  It is thinking makes what we read ours.   

WHEN I consider what some books have done for the world, and what they are doing, how they keep up our hope, awaken new courage and faith…
I give eternal blessings for this gift, and thank God for books.