Mathematics may, be briefly defined as the science of quantities, and is one of the most important of disciplining studies which engage the practical student.
Rufus ChoateI will look, your Honor, and endeavor to find a precedent, if you require it; though it would seem to be a pity that the Court should lose the honor of being the first to establish so just a rule.
Rufus ChoateAppropriated to justice, to security, to reason, to restraint; where there is no respect of persons; where will is nothing and power is nothing and numbers are nothing, and all are equal and all secure before the law.
Rufus ChoateHappy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading.
Rufus Choate