Love is sentimental measles.

And no one has the right to say that no water-babies exist, till they have seen no water-babies existing; which is quite a different thing, mind, from not seeing water-babies; and a thing which nobody ever did, or perhaps will ever do. But surely ... they would have put it into spirits, or into the Illustrated News, or perhaps cut it into two halves, poor dear little thing, and sent one to Professor Owen, and one to Professor Huxley, to see what they would each say about it.

If you want to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you and what people think of you.

There will be no true freedom without virtue, no true science without religion, no true industry without the fear of God and love to your fellow citizens.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

For science is ... like virtue, its own exceeding great reward.

Nothing is so infectious as example.