Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.
If you’re afraid – don’t do it, – if you’re doing it – don’t be afraid.
It’s interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
Logic is like the sword–those who appeal to it shall perish by it.
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.