No government can act in advance of the moral will of the people.
Read widely and with discrimination. Bad writing is contagious.
you'd like the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. That must be the most futile oath anyone ever swears.
There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure.
The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting.