In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.

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.

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.