Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.

JACK: Yes, but said yourself that a severe chill was not hereditary.ALGERNON: It usen't to be, I know - but I daresay it is now. Science is always making wonderful improvements in things.

It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes.

The Governor was strong upon The Regulation Act: The Doctor said that Death was but A scientific fact: And twice a day the Chaplain called, And left a little tract.

I see the moon like a clipped piece of silver. Like gilded bees the stars cluster round her.