Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
The art of discovering the causes of phenomena, or true hypothesis, is like the art of decyphering, in which an ingenious conjecture greatly shortens the road.
Take what you need, do what you should, you will get what you want.
Everything that is possible demands to exist.
The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.
Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.
Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future.
I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.
Words are cold and formal things.
What I find most appalling is the Senate calls it a qualified blind trust when it's not blind. Since the Senate says it's OK, the Senate has made it a political question. It's up to the voter. But there's no doubt it's a conflict of interest.
It is simply service that measures success.