But that we shall be better and braver and less helpless if we think that we ought to enquire, than we should have been if we indulged in the idle fancy that there was no knowing and no use in seeking to know what we do not know; - that is a theme upon which I am ready to fight, in word and deed, to the utmost of my power.

The tools which would teach men their own use would be beyond price.

Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

Necessity, who is the mother of our invention.