The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.
We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.
Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress.
On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.
Politicians are like the bones of a horse's foreshoulder-not a straight one in it.
Do not take the yardstick of your ignorance to measure what the ancients knew, and call everything which you do not know lies. Do not call things untrue because they are marvelous, but give them a fair consideration.