Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.

The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless.

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn’t pay Smith.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they – not someone else – must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.