... those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded... Sad, indeed, is it to see how men occupy themselves with trivialities, and are indifferent to the grandest phenomena - care not to understand the architecture of the heavens, but are deeply interested in some contemptible controversy about the intrigues of Mary Queen of Scots!

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.

The forces which are working out the great scheme of perfect happiness, taking no account of incidental suffering, exterminate such sections of mankind as stand in their way, with the same sternness that they exterminate beasts of prey and herds of useless ruminants.

The child takes most of his nature of the mother, besides speech, manners, and inclination.

When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.

Every cause produces more than one effect.

The home is the most important factor in civilization, and that civilization is to be measured at different stages largely by the development in the home.