"Our ideals are our better selves." — Amos Bronson Alcott

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.

Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.

Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.