The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose. 753
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars. 515
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. 591
Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. 2.41K
What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children. 2.44K
