"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

"Knowledge is the food of the soul."

"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."

"Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike."

"The soul takes nothing with her to the next world but her education and her culture."