It is a common error to imagine that to be stirring and voluble in a worthy cause is to be good and to do good. - John Lancaster Spalding

The lover of education labors first of all to educate himself.

The weak, when they have authority, surround themselves with the weak. It is, indeed, a vice of rulers that men who have exceptional ability and worth are offensive to them, since they whose greatness is due to their position find it difficult to love those whom inner power makes great.

If thou need money, get it in an honest way—by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.