Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement and grandeur belonging to the science itself. It is a quickener of devotion.
Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.
Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.
If you wish to write well, study the life about you,--life in the public streets.
Avoid witticisms at the expense of others.
Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.