Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.

A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller.

Nothing is so false as human life, nothing so treacherous. God knows no one would have accepted it as a gift, if it had not been given without our knowledge.

Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.

Truth never perishes.

For what else is Nature but God and the Divine Reason that pervades the whole universe and all its parts.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.