"Let us now consider, for a little while, how wonderfully we stand upon this world. Here it is we are born, bred, and live, and yet we view these things with an almost entire absence of wonder to ourse…"

"The world is full of things that are wonderful, but we only see them when we are looking for them."

"Magnetic curves are lines of force; they are not only lines of force but lines of action."

"I am content to be a humble laborer in the field of science."

"I am busy just now again on the old subject of light and experiment, and hope to have some new views to bring out."