"When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind."
"Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty."
"To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die."
"The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal."
"I criticize by creation, not by finding fault."
"For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives."