Lowell’s Law
Robert Lowell
If we see light at the end of the tunnel / It’s the light of the oncoming train.
Macaulay’s Maxim
Thomas Babington
Nothing is so useless as a general maxim.
Mencken’s Law of Social Reform
H. L. Mencken
Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretence of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel.
Mencken’s Second Law
H. L. Mencken
Nine times out of ten in the arts, as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
Micawber’s Second Law
Charles Dickens
Accidents will occur in the best regulated families.
Montagu’s Motto
Mary Wortley Montagu
General notions are generally wrong.
Montaigne’s Law
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.
Napoleon’s Law
Napoleon Bonaparte
From the sublime to the ridiculous, there is only one step.
Norris’s Law
Anne Norris
If you know the answer, then you don’t know the question.
Ockham’s Razor
William of Ockham
Do not assume more causes for any phenomenon than are absolutely necessary to explain it.
