Therefore, the causes assigned to natural effects of the same kind must be, so far as possible, the same.

I feign no hypotheses.

It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.

OUR ORDINATION: Sir Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1747 About the times of the End, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition.

The daily disappearance and the subsequent rise of the sun appeared to many of the ancients as a true resurrection; thus, while the east came to be regarded as the source of light and warmth, happiness and glory, the west was associated with darkness and chill, decay and death. This led to the custom of burying the dead so as to face the east when they rose again, and of building temples and shrines with an opening toward the east. To effect this, Vitruvius, two thousand years ago, gave precise rules, which are still followed by Christian architects.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.