If Others Would Think As Hard As

I Am Ashamed To Tell You To How Many Figures I Carried These Calculations [of Pi], Having No Other Business At The Time

Doth Not This Æthereal Medium In Passing Out Of Water, Glass, Crystal, And Other Compact And Dense Bodies Into Empty Spaces, Grow Denser And Denser By Degrees, And By That Means Refract The Rays Of Light Not In A Point, But By Bending Them Gradually In Curve Lines? And Doth Not The Gradual Condensation Of This Medium Extend To Some Distance From The Bodies, And Thereby Cause The Inflexions Of The Rays Of Light, Which Pass By The Edges Of Dense Bodies, At Some Distance From The Bodies?

To Me There Has Never Been A Higher Source Of Earthly Honor Or Distinction Than That Connected With Advances In Science.

My Powers Are Ordinary. Only My Application Brings Me Success.

If Two Angels Were Sent Down From Heaven -one To Conduct An Empire And The Other To Sweep The Streets -they Would Feel No Inclination To Change Employment Because An Angel Would Know That No Matter What We Are Doing, It's An Opportunity To Bring Joy, Deepen Our Understanding And Expand Our Life.