It would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more.

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.

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.

A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart.

Those who exert the first influence upon the mind have the greatest power.

Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice.

Observation - activity of both eyes and ears.