Science arose from poetry... when times change the two can meet again on a higher level as friends.

Children can scarcely be fashioned to meet with our likes and our purpose. Just as God did us give them, so must we hold them and love them, nurture and teach them to fullness and leave them to be what they are.

One man's word is no man's word; we should quietly hear both sides.

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.

What people call the spirit of the times is mostly their own spirit in which the times mirror themselves.

One is never deceived; one deceives oneself.

Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done one's best.