The end of learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love Him and imitate Him.

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Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell,...

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Accuse not nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine, and be not diffident Of wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thou Dismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh, By attributing overmuch to things Less excellent, as thou thyself perceivest.

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He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun;

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The childhood shows the man, As morning shows the day.

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