Ohne Phosphor, Kein Gedanke. Without phosphorus there would be no thoughts.

For the thinker the world is a thought; for the wit, an image; for the enthusiast, a dream; for the inquirer, truth.

Death is the surest calculation that can be made.

The universe, as we see it, is the result of regularly working forces, having a causal connection with each other and therefore capable of being understood by human reason.

What we still designate as chance, merely depends on a concatenation of circumstances, the internal connection and final causes of which we have as yet been unable to unravel.

We are sorry to confess that biological hypotheses have not yet completely got out of the second phase, and that ghost of ‘vital force’ still haunts many wise heads.

Don't try to fix me, I'm not broken...

There is nothing to me but you. I know it’s pathetic but, oh darling, it’s true.

A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books.

We are entitled to violate history, provided that it results in handsome offspring.

All these things that crib and cab in your brain, in your imagination, are in fact things that might well in later life drive you insane.

And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture.

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs.

I've always liked women who are older. They seem to know who they are, and they've lived. They've got soul, and that's very attractive.

If you're going to get in the ring and try to take the belt, you have to prepare to get hit.

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.