It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one. – Horace Mann
Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a persons money as his time. – Horace Mann
Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity. – Horace Mann
Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear. – Horace Mann