"Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds ..." — Horace Mann

The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.