Gilbert Highet

Language is a living thing.

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death.

The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.

Teaching is an art, not a science, principally because it involves human beings, their emotions and their values.

A good teacher is a determined person.

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?

Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.

A very wise old teacher once said I consider a days teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh.

A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day's teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh.

They eccentrics are explosive mixtures. Some of them are as sensitive as those fulminates which can be detonated by a falling leaf.

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.