Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it has in it something for every age to investigate.

The soul has this proof of divinity: that divine things delight it.

I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.

So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.

To err is human. To repeat error is of the Devil.

Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

Dignity increases more easily than it begins.