“To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.”

“Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.”

“First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.”

“Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.”

“The less routine the more life.”

“Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators.”

“While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.”

“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.”

“Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.”

“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciples.”

“A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.”