We must be purposely kind and generous or we miss the best part of life's existence.

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.

Superiority to circumstances is one of the most prominent characteristics of great men.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

Of all "rights" which command attention at the present time among us, woman's rights seem to take precedence.

Great knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been well instructed, but still greater knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been neglected.

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.