Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.

There is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues of the stars that there is in looking at a flower garden in autumn.

I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight.

I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what I get out for this, from my own observations, but I cannot rely upon my own.