How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.

Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

The greatest benefit derived from the study of science is that it lifts you out of and above the littleness of daily trials. We learn to live in the universe as a part of it; we cannot seperate ourselves from it - our every act connects us with it - our every act affects the whole. Standing under the canopy of stars and remembering their presence you could scarcely do a petty deed, or think a wicked thought.

It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.