“There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men, who talk in a road, according to the notions they have borrowed and the prejudices of their education.”

“Most men of education are more superstitious than they admit - nay, than they think”

“Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain”

“What worries you, masters you”

“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him”

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection”