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

One's thoughts turn towards Hope.

As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Good writing comes from good talent.

True and great love springs out of great knowledge, and where you know little you can love but little or not at all.

The greater the man's soul, the deeper he loves.