It may be a weed instead of a fish that, after all my labour, I at last pull up.

The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.

A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work.

There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.

The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion,but determined to judge for himself.He should not be a respector of persons,but of things.Truth should be his primary object.

I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.

I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it.