The gifts of genius are far greater than the givers themselves venture to suppose.
Genuine and innocent wit is surely the very flavor of the mind.
Life is the offspring of death.
Genuine wit implies no small amount of wisdom and culture.
Science is teaching man to know and reverence truth, and to believe that only so far as he knows and loves it can he live worthily on earth, and vindicate the dignity of his spirit.
In solitude all great things are born.