It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.
Never cut what you can untie.
Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty
To teach is to learn twice.
Children need models more than they need critics.
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
Choose in marriage only a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she were a man.
Imagination is the eye of the soul.