Gilbert Highet

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.

I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.