The human intellect is the great truth-organ; realities, as they exist, are the subjects of its study; and knowledge is the result of its acquaintance with the things which it investigates.

In solitude all great things are born.

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.

Heaven alone, not earth, is destined to witness the repose of faith.

Life is the offspring of death.

Genuine wit implies no small amount of wisdom and culture.

Genuine and innocent wit is surely the very flavor of the mind.