What Would Life Be Without Arithmetic, But

[t]he 47th Proposition In Euclid Might Now Be Voted Down With As Much Ease As Any Proposition In Politics; And Therefore If Lord Hawkesbury Hates The Abstract Truths Of Science As Much As He Hates Concrete Truth In Human Affairs, Now Is His Time For Getting Rid Of The Multiplication Table, And Passing A Vote Of Censure Upon The Pretensions Of The Hypotenuse.

Oh, Don't Tell Me Of Facts, I Never Believe Facts; You Know, [george] Canning Said Nothing Was So Fallacious As Facts, Except Figures.

Avoid Shame, But Do Not Seek Glory; Nothing So Expensive As Glory.

Heat, Ma Am! It Was So Dreadful Here That I Found There Was Nothing Left For It But To Take Off My Flesh And Sit In My Bones.

No Furniture Is So Charming As Books.