Now when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted.

Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth.

Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not

Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It's better that way.

It must be, for there is a logic to everything on this earth and nothing is done without a reason, that God sometimes lets scientists discover.

It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.