“In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.”

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”

“The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow”

“I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity.”

“The Learned, who strive to ascend into Heaven by means of learning, appear to Children like dead horses, when repelled by the celestial spheres.”

“And we are put on this earth a little space that we might learn to bear the beams of love.”

“He who mocks the infant's faithShall be mock'd in age and death.He who shall teach the child to doubtThe rotting grave shall ne'er get out.He who respects the infant's faithTriumphs over hell and death.The child's toys and the old man's reasonsAre the fruits of the two seasons.- "Auguries of Innocence”