“An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.”

“The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical methodmore daring than anything that the history of philosophy recordsof Lo...”

“A degenerate nobleman or one that is proud of his birth is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.”

“Necessity does the work of courage.”

“Optimism is the foundation of courage.”

“To swallow gudgeons ere they're catch'd And count their chickens ere they're hatch'd.”

“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.”

“Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.”

“It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.”