... even when we find not what we seek, we find something as well worth seeking as what we missed.
Robert BoyleThere is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.
Robert BoyleDarkness, that here surrounds our purblind understanding, will vanish at the dawning of eternal day.
Robert BoyleAs the sun is best seen at his rising and setting, so men's native dispositions are clearest seen when they are children, and when they are dying.
Robert Boyle