The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one. – Felix Adler
Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholars life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds. – Felix Adler
The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. – Felix Adler
If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts. – Felix Adler
There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work, a simplicity so finished and so perfect that it equals in merit and in excellence a large and glorious composition. – Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), translated from French by George H. Calvert, 1