Of several bodies, all equally large and equally distant, that which is most brightly illuminated will appear to the eye nearest and largest.

Fame alone raises herself to Heaven, because virtuous things are in favour with God.

The motive power is the cause of all life.

The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star.

Men born in hot countries love the night because it refreshes them and have a horror of light because it burns them.

You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills

Anyone who invokes authors in discussion is not using his intelligence but his memory.