Whatever Affection We Have For Our Friends

Vice Foments War; It Is Virtue Which Actually Fights. If There Were No Virtue, We Would Live In Peace Forever.

And Where, On Earth, Dwell Hope And Truth? In Childhood's Uncorrupted Heart; Alas! Too Soon To Guileless Youth The World Doth Its Dark Code Impart!

Reason And Emotion Counsel And Supplement Each Other. Whoever Heeds Only The One, And Puts Aside The Other, Recklessly Deprives Himself Of A Portion Of The Aid Granted Us For The Regulation Of Our Conduct.

If Children Had Teachers For Judgment And Eloquence Just As They Have For Languages, If Their Memory Was Exercised Less Than Their Energy Or Their Natural Genius, If Instead Of Deadening Their Vivacity Of Mind We Tried To Elevate The Free Scope And Impulse Of Their Souls, What Might Not Result From A Fine Disposition? As It Is, We Forget That Courage, Or Love Of Truth And Glory Are The Virtues That Matter Most In Youth; And Our One Endeavour Is To Subdue Our Children's Spirits, In Order To Teach Them That Dependence And Suppleness Are The First Laws Of Success In Life.

If People Did Not Compliment One Another There Would Be Little Society.