Nothing is accomplished all at once, and it is one of my great maxims, and one of the most completely verified, that Nature makes no leaps: a maxim which I have called the law of continuity.

[Alternate translation:] The Divine Spirit found a sublime outlet in that wonder of analysis, that portent of the ideal world, that amphibian between being and not-being, which we call the imaginary root of negative unity.

For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another.

It is a good thing to proceed in order and to establish propositions. This is the way to gain ground and to progress with certainty.

Nature does not make leaps.

But in simple substances the influence of one monad over another is ideal only.

It's easier to be original and foolish than original and wise.