Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.
Every failure is a step to success.
Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.
There is a mask of theory over the whole face of nature.
In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.
Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error.