"At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged"

"Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides"

"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody"

"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"

"Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college"

"What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child"

"The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out"

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake"

"A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers"

"If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts"

"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"