The man who isn't a pessimist is a damned fool.

The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise.

There is no such thing as the Queen's English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

When angry, count to a hundred.

Agassiz does recommend authors to eat fish, because the phosphorus in it makes brains. But I cannot help you to a decision about the amount you need to eat. Perhaps a couple of whales would be enough.

I've never let my school interfere with my education.