Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Upon books the collective education of the race depends they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.