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consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order.
It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones."
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. It biases the judgment."
"What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence," returned my companion, bitterly. "The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done.
