“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children”

“Children's games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity”

“Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.”

“The thing is to become a master and in your old age to acquire the courage to do what children did when they knew nothing”

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well”

“One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.”