It is a mathematical fact that the casting of this pebble from my hand alters the centre of gravity of the universe.

Statistics is a science which ought to be honourable, the basis of many most important sciences; but it is not to be carried on by steam, this science, any more than others are; a wise head is requisite for carrying it on.

The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.

And man's little Life has Duties that are great, that are alone great, and go up to Heaven and down to Hell.

For every one hundred men who can stand adversity there is only one who can withstand prosperity.

History is a great dust heap.

Experience of actual fact either teaches fools or abolishes them.