If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants. |
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. |
If I saw further than other men, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants. |
It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded. |
No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess |
Oh Diamond! Diamond! Thou little knowest the mischief done! (Said to a pet dog who knocked over a candle and set fire to his papers |
Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy. |
The seed of a tree has the nature of a branch or twig or bud. It is a part of the tree, but if separated and set in the earth to be better nourished, the embryo or young tree contained in it takes root and grows into a new tree. |
The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe, concealed from common observation yet...the centuries have established its Divine origin. |
This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. |
This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being. |
To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction. |
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science. |
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me. |
Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription. |