By his father he is English, by his mother he is Americanto my mind the blend which makes the perfect man.

There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.

The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are.

It is better to be alone than unwelcome. - Eve

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.

A country without a patent office and good patent laws is just a crab, and can't travel any way but sideways and backways.

Love is madness, if thwarted it develops fast.