I feel nothing, apart from a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.

A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.

Nature is never so admired as when she is understood.

There is nothing one sees oftener than the ridiculous and magnificent, such close neighbors that they touch.

I feel nothing, apart from a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.

Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.

Let us be well assured of the Matter of Fact, before we trouble our selves with enquiring into the Cause. It is true, that this Method is too slow for the greatest part of Mankind, who run naturally to the Cause, and pass over the Truth of the Matter of Fact.