"Everyone, young and old, must have access to the knowledge and skills to participate in the evolving economy"

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions"

"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"

"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile"

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth"

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

"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"

"In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience"

"Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned"

"Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness"