“What the hand does the mind remembers.”

“Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.”

“A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.”

“Simplicity and sincerity generally go hand in hand, as both proceed from a love of truth.”

“The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child's own natural desire to learn.”

“The education of even a small child, therefore, does not aim at preparing him for school, but for life.”

“Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining; let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; and when the grass of the meadows is wet with dew, let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet; let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade; let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning.”