That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will.

No one can help another very much in these crises of life; but love and sympathy count for something.

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification.

Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.

Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom-box.

God give me strength to face a fact though it slay me.

Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds your stuff to any degree of fineness.