It required 85 parts by weight of oxygen and 15 parts of hydrogen to compose 100 parts of water.

Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed

I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions are formed.

Languages are true analytical methods.

Nothing is born, nothing dies.

Sulfur, when burning, absorbs oxygen gas; the resulting acid is considerably heavier than the sulfur burned; its weight is equal to the sum of weights of the sulfur burned and the oxygen absorbed.

Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.

It is impossible to disassociate language from science...To call forth a concept, a word is needed.

In performing experiments, it is necessary... that they be simplified as much as possible, and that every circumstance that could complicate the results should be completely removed.

I am young and avid for glory.

One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral qualities of workers, farmers and craftsmen.

2 All of Me Be Gentle My Friend Be gentle with yourself, forgive yourself for mistakes, don’t expect to be perfect just get moving, and keep putting one foot in front of the other Love *** *

If Noah found himself back on Earth you can bet all he would recognize would be the jokes.

One does not set fire to a world which is already lost

I would have my secretary of treasury be in touch with the financial centers, not only here but at home.

Ye great teachers: listen to what you say!

From the dog's point of view, his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.

A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the shift that happens when you're suddenly in charge of other people.

Today I know this: when it comes time to take stock, the most painful wound is that of broken friendships; and there is nothing more foolish than to sacrifice a friendship to politics.

No man is born wise; but wisdom and virtue require a tutor; though we can easily learn to be vicious without a master.

Pride went before, ambition follows him.