Every reform was once a private opinion.
He who loves goodness harbors angels, reveres reverence, and lives with God.
Of all tools, an observatory is the most sublime. . . . What is so good in a college as an observatory? The sublime attaches to the door and to the first stair you ascent, that this is the road to the stars.
Every natural power exhilarates; a true talent delights the possessor first.
No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.
I would study, I would know, I would admire forever.