We are impressed and even daunted by the immense Universe to be explored. "What we know is a point to what we do not know."

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding the secret to another soul.

Religion is as effectively destroyed by bigotry as by indifference.

Line in Nature is not found; Unit and Universe are round.

Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.