What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

"What greater gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?"

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]