Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least for they are thinking out inventions and forming in their minds the perfect idea that they subsequently express with their hands.
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
So long as war is the main business of nations temporary despotism -...
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign and not a bad one - in...
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions...
Two obsessions are the hallmarks of Nature's artistic style.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not...
Praise the green earth. Chance has appointed her...
