Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength.

There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.

Let me tell you, my friend, that there are things done today in electrical science which would have been deemed unholy by the very man who discovered electricity, who would themselves not so long before been burned as wizards

We learn of great things by little experiences.

It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.

Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere.

Though sympathy alone can't alter facts, it can help to make them more bearable.