Man is the interpreter of nature, science the right interpretation.

Gold and iron at the present day, as in ancient times, are the rulers of the world; and the great events in the world of mineral art are not the discovery of new substances, but of new and rich localities of old ones.

But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular ease, but by the establishment of general laws.

Those who have obtained the farthest insight into Nature have been, in all ages, firm believers in God.

Every failure is a step to success.

We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first use of the word.]

The person who did most to give to analysis the generality and symmetry which are now its pride, was also the person who made mechanics analytical; I mean Euler.