As the astronomer rejoices in new knowledge which compels him to give up the dignity of our globe as the centre, the pride, and even the final cause of the universe, so do those who have escaped from the Christian mythology enjoy their release from the superstition which fails to make them happy, fails to make them good, fails to make them wise, and has become as great an obstacle in the way of progress as the prior mythologies which it took the place of two thousand years ago.

I think that few people are aware how early it is right to respect the modesty of an infant.

The sick-room becomes the scene of intense convictions; and among these, none, it seems to me, is more distinct and powerful than that of the permanent nature of good, and the transient nature of evil.

It never enters the lady's head that the wet-nurse's baby probably dies.

Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.

The voice of a whole people goes up in the silent workings of an institution.

Men who pass most comfortably through this world are those who possess good digestions and hard hearts.