The universe can be best pictured, ... as consisting of pure thought,…

six monkeys, set to strum unintelligently on typewriters for millions of millions of years, would be bound in time to write all the books in the British Museum

And the substance out of which this bubble is blown, the soap-film, is empty space welded onto empty time.

Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.

From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.

How pleasant came thy rushing, silver Tweed! Upon my ear when, after roaming long In southern plains, I've reach'd thy lovely bank! How bright, renowned Sark, thy little stream, Like ray of column'd light chasing a shower, Would cross my …

Samuel Warren, though able, yet vainest of men, Could he guide with discretion his tongue and his pen, His course would be clear for—"Ten Thousand a Year," But limited else to a brief—"Now and Then."