Georg C. Lichtenberg Life Quotations

In mathematical analysis we call x the undetermined part of line a: the rest we don't call y, as we do in common life, but a-x. Hence mathematical language has great advantages over the common language.

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...as easily as we open and shut our eyes.

He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.