In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect.
We are all of us made by what we have lost as much as by what we have gained.
Anyone who loudly proclaims "I am the king" can never be a true king.
The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.