A man's own addition to what he learns is cement to bind an otherwise loose heap of stones into a structure of unity, strength, and use.

A man's own addition to what he learns is cement to bind an otherwise loose heap of stones into a structure of unity, strength, and use.

Educated folk keep to one another's company too much, leaving other people much like milk skimmed of its cream.

Let truth be a banner big enough to hide the man who holds it up.

Discovery begins by finding the discoverer.

A calculating engine is one of the most intricate forms of mechanism, a telegraph key one of the simplest. But compare their value.

When a learner, in the fullness of his powers, comes to great truths unstaled by premature familiarity, he rejoices in the lateness of his lessons.