The soul of the truly benevolent man does not seem to reside much in his own body. Its life, to a great extent, is a mere reflex of the lives of others. It migrates into their bodies, and identifying its existence with their existence, finds its own happiness in increasing and prolonging their pleasures, in extinguishing or solacing their pains.

Republics, one after another . . . have perished from a want of intelligence and virtue in the masses of the people. . . .

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.

There is nothing so costly as ignorance.

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

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.