I Conceive That Pleasures Are To Be

The Virtue Of The Soul Does Not Consist In Flying High, But In Walking Orderly.

Glory And Repose Are Things That Cannot Possibly Inhabit In One And The Same Place.

Now There Cannot Be First Principles For Men, Unless The Divinity Has Revealed Them; All The Rest--beginning, Middle, And End--isnothing But Dreams And Smoke.

Necessity Is A Violent School-mistress.

Whenever A New Discovery Is Reported To The World, They Say First, It Is Probably Not True, Then After, When The Truth Of The New Proposition Has Been Demonstrated Beyond Question, They Say, Yes, It May Be True, But It Is Not Important. Finally, When Sufficient Time Has Elapsed To Fully Evidence Its Importance, They Say, Yes, Surely It Is Important, But It Is No Longer New.