A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, read more

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.

Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in read more

He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?

Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd,
But, as the world, harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we read more

Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd,
But, as the world, harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we see,
And where tho' all things differ, all agree.

To make the plough go before the horse.

To make the plough go before the horse.

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant read more

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.
[Fr., Folie est mettre la charrue devant les boeufs.]