Architecture aims at Eternity

Variety of uniformities makes complete beauty.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth

Architecture has its political Use; publick Buildings being the Ornament of a Country; it establishes a Nation, draws People and Commerce; makes the People love their native Country, which Passion is the Original of all great Actions in a Common-wealth.... Architecture aims at Eternity.

The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble.

Mathematical demonstrations being built upon the impregnable Foundations of Geometry and Arithmetick are the only truths that can sink into the Mind of Man, void of all Uncertainty; and all other Discourses participate more or less of Truth according as their Subjects are more or less capable of Mathematical Demonstration.