Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.
Education
A man cannot leave a better legacy to the world than a well educated family.Thomas Scott.
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
Education is the poor man’s haven.Latin.
Education polishes good natures and corrects the bad ones.
Nothing so much worth as a mind well instructed.Bible.
The tutors of youth have an ascendency over the stars of their nativity.Arabian.
’Tis education forms the common mind,
Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.Pope.
What Master Jackey does not learn, Mr. John never knows.German.
What tutor shall we find for a child sixty years old?
You may pay more for your schooling than your learning is worth.