In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.

In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain read more

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also add that some things are more nearly certain than others

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin read more

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts: but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I read more

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me.

There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that read more

There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in read more

If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.