Half of science is putting forth the right questions.

If my people look as if they're in a dreadful fix, it's because I can't get them out of a technical dilemma.

An artist must learn to be nourished by his passions and by his despairs.

All superstition is much the same whether it be that of astrology, dreams, omen, retributive judgment, or the like, in all of which the deluded believers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and pass over their failure, though it be much more common.

Reading maketh a full man.

Learning teaches how to carry things in suspense, without prejudice, till you resolve it.

Everybody has his own interpretation of a painting he sees.