Science is good furniture for one's upper chamber, if there is common sense below.
Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.
A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.
A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.
Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.
Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven’t what they want that they really don’t want it.
People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.
Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.