There Are Very Few Persons Who Pursue

The Well-mannered Man Never Puts Out His Hand In Greeting Until A Lady Extends Hers. This Is A Test Of Good Breeding That Is Constantly Applied. ... The First Move In The Direction Of Cordiality Must Come From The Lady, The Whole Code Of Behaviour Being Based On The Assumption That She Is The Social Superior.

Gay-lussac Was Quick, Lively, Ingenious And Profound, With Great Activity Of Mind And Great Facility Of Manipulation. I Should Place Him At The Head Of All The Living Chemists In France.

What Is Politeness In The Home But The Outcome Of Affection And Self-respect, And The Suppression Of All Those Natural Instincts Of Self-seeking That, Allowed Their Way, Produce The Worst Manners In The World?

Mr. Dalton's Permanent Reputation Will Rest Upon His Having Discovered A Simple Principle, Universally Applicable To The Facts Of Chemistry - In Fixing The Proportions In Which Bodies Combine, And Thus Laying The Foundation For Future Labors... His Merits In This Respect Resemble Those Of Kepler In Astronomy.

There May Be Beings, Thinking Beings, Near Or Surrounding Us, Which We Do Not Perceive, Which We Cannot Imagine. We Know Very Little; But, In My Opinion, We Know Enough To Hope For The Immortality, The Individual Immortality, Of The Better Part Of Man.