As regards parents I should like to see them as highly educated as possible and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive of course but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.