Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines.

Consummated science is positively humble.

Read much, but not many works.

There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.

An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge.

In our natural body every part has a necessary sympathy with every other; and all together form, by their harmonious conspiration, a healthy whole.

Truth like a torch, the more 'tis shock, it shines.