"Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow ..." — Tryon Edwards

Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.