"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each."
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
"A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his senses and his reason has deserted him."
"To conquer oneself is the best and noblest victory; to be vanquished by one's own nature is the worst and most ignoble defeat."
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something."
"Only the dead have seen the end of war."