We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two 'Eds' are better than one.

It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students. There has been no failure on our part in this regard considering how far they have gone.

I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments.

Our liquidity is fine. As a matter of fact, it's better than fine. It's strong.

I earnestly wish them all imaginable success; in the first place that they may not, by the unseasonable obscurity of a cloudy sky, be deprived of this most desirable sight; and then, that having ascertained with more exactness the magnitudes of the planetary orbits, it may redound to their eternal fame and glory.

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.