Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.

The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.

Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.

Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

What is there in a name? It is merely an empty basket, until you put something into it.

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.

As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will neccessarily guide the future course of science.

An object is frequently not seen, from not knowing how to see it, rather than from any defect of the organ of vision.

The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.

If we look at the fact, we shall find that the great inventions of the age are not, with us at least, always produced in universities.

That vice has often proved an emancipator of the mind, is one of the most humiliating, but, at the same time, one of the most unquestionable facts in history.

Fashion is an art.

But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.

It used to be that the only ones with access to cutting-edge technology were top government labs, big companies and the ultra-rich. It was simply too expensive for the rest of us to afford.

Meditation changes your character.

The women are the movers and shakers in the community...they initiate things...they keep things going.

Clarity breeds mastery. And the goals you set drive the actions you'll take.

There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.

When you work without a script, you are in a sense working in a much more improvisational way than when you are prepared totally.

Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings of steel, Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe. All many be well.