Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time.
Francis CornfordNothing is ever done until everyone is convinced that it ought to be done, and has been convinced for so long that it is now time to do something else.
Francis CornfordThe study of mathematics is the indispensable basis for all intellectual and spiritual progress.
Francis CornfordI had a little dog and my dog was very small....Of all the treasures that were mine, I loved him most of all.
Francis Cornford