In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.

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

His epitaph: Who, by vigor of mind almost divine, the motions and figures of the planets, the paths of comets, and the tides of the seas first demonstrated.

There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction

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

Those qualities of bodies that cannot be intended and remitted [i.e., qualities that cannot be increased and diminished] and that belong to all bodies on which experiments can be made should be taken as qualities of all bodies universally.