Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.

Mathematics reveals its secrets only to those who approach it with pure love, for its own beauty.

Equal weights at equal distances are in equilibrium and equal weights at unequal distances are not in equilibrium but incline towards the weight which is at the greater distance.

Give me but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth.

Many people believe that the grains of sand are infinite in multitude ... Others think that although their number is not without limit, no number can ever be named which will be greater than the number of grains of sand. But I shall try to prove to you that among the numbers which I have named there are those which exceed the number of grains in a heap of sand the size not only of the earth, but even of the universe

The centre of gravity of any cylinder is the point of bisection of the axis.

Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.