He rules all things, not as the world soul but as the lord of all. And because of his dominion he is called Lord God Pantokrator". For “god" is a relative word and has reference to servants, and godhood is the lordship of God, not over his own body "as is supposed by those for whom God is the world soul', but over servants.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.

An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.

I do not feign hypotheses.

Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.

He that in ye mine of knowledge deepest diggeth, hath, like every other miner, ye least breathing time, and must sometimes at least come to terr. alt. for air.