A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. - Henry Adams
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. - Henry Adams
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance as it accumulates in the form of inert facts. - Henry Adams
Good men do the most harm. - Henry Adams
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Adams
Friends are born, not made. - Henry Adams
A friend in power is a friend lost. - Henry Adams
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about himself. - Henry Adams
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence. - Henry Adams