improvement - quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882

was an US essayist and poet

All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves.

Thomas Fuller, 1608-1661

was an English clergyman and historian

Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.