| The less routine the more life. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| Who knows, the mind has the key to all things besides. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| STAY is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| The surest sign of age is loneliness. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     | 
| Observation more than books and experience more than persons, are the prime educators. Amos Bronson Alcott1004     |