Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't got plenty of good common sense, the more science he has, the worse for his patient.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.