“As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.”

“Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.”

“Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.”