Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

Science is simply common sense at its best--that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.

The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.

It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves; most things, in fact, are better in the morning.