We Have Been Cocksure Of Many Things

Our Morality Seems To Be Only A Check On The Ultimate Domination Of Force, Just As Our Politeness Is A Check On The Impulse Of Every Pig To Put His Feet In The Trough.

To Think Great Thoughts You Must Be Heroes As Well As Idealists.

Science Is The Topography Of Ignorance. From A Few Elevated Points We Triangulate Vast Spaces, Inclosing Infinite Unknown Details. We Cast The Lead, And Draw Up A Little Sand From Abysses We May Never Reach With Our Dredges.

Men Must Turn Square Corners When They Deal With The Government.

The Very Minute A Thought Is Threatened With Publicity It Seems To Shrink Towards Mediocrity.