“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art.”

“To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.”

“We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours we are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries.”

“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”

“Education is the transmission of civilization.”

“The family is the nucleus of civilization.”

“The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.”