In science, mistakes always precede the truth

Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

Oh, we are ridiculous animals; and if the angels have any fun in them, how we must divert them!

He was persuaded he could know no happiness but in the society of one with whom he could for ever indulge the melancholy that had taken possession of his soul.

Virtue knows to a farthing what it has lost by not having been vice.

The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.

We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.