The world is a vast and lonely place. But it's also a place where you can find your own way.
The past is not dead, it is not even past.
Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.