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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Oh, I love hugging. I wish I was an octopus, so I could hug 10 people at a time!

I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer.

If you don't have a good relationship with the now, you don't have a good relationship with life.

What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out.

It's fun to be able to revisit a song and do something that doesn't really illustrate the song but works tangentially or runs parallel to the song in some way.

Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along. To look ahead,' said he. And what brought you back in the nick of time?' Looking behind,' said he.

And people are intrigued if I really am as grumpy in real life. People feel a bit let down if I'm laughing or smiling.

I'm older than my sister so I started writing first. I started writing at school. I was always top of my class in composition, essays, English Lit and all of that.

I have three joys in my life: work, sport and food. All these come in one and do not make a hobby.

At root fame is a sham. I'm not going to live forever and if I am I certainly need don't you to tell me that so that I will buy a car or a box of dried up crackers.