"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it."
""I am not much of a mathematician," said the cigarette, "but I can add to a man's nervous troubles, I can subtract from his physical energy, I can multiply his aches and pains, I can divide his mental powers, I take interest from his work, and discount his chances for success.""
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Source: David Starr Jordan (1896). “The Care and Culture of Men: A Series of Addresses on the Higher Education”
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