A man's own addition to what he learns is cement to bind an otherwise loose heap of stones into a structure of unity, strength, and use. — George Iles Copy Share Image
Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other. — George Iles Copy Share Image
They will listen with both ears to what is said by the men just a step or two ahead of them, who stand nearest… — George Iles Copy Share Image
We despair of changing the habits of men, still we would alter institutions, the habits of millions of men. — George Iles Copy Share Image
A calculating engine is one of the most intricate forms of mechanism, a telegraph key one of the simplest. But compare their value. — George Iles Copy Share Image
When we try to imagine a chaos we fail. ... In its very fiber the mind is an order and refuses to build a chaos. — George Iles Copy Share Image
Ignorance may find a truth on its doorstep that erudition vainly seeks in the stars. — George Iles Copy Share Image
No gun is perfectly true. So the marksman, that he may hit the bull's-eye, points elsewhere. — George Iles Copy Share Image
Degree is much: the whole Atlantic might be lukewarm and never boil us a potato. — George Iles Copy Share Image
