Cold water morning and evening is better than all the cosmetics. The question is asked, " Why is man born with hands clinched, but has his hands wide open in death?" And the answer is: " On entering the world, man desires to. grasp everything; but when leaving it he takes nothing away. Two dry logs and one wet; the dry ones kindle the wet.
He who seeks for a faultless brother will have to remain brotherless. A town which has no school should be abolished. Jerusalem was destroyed because the instruction of the young was neglected. He who instructs a child is as if he had created it.
The teachers are the guardians of the State. Learn first and philosophize afterward. To what may he be compared who teaches a child? To one who writes on clean paper; and to what may he be compared who teaches an old man? To one who writes on blotted paper. Be eager to acquire knowledge; it does not come to thee by inheritance.