"The velocity of light is a quantity of which we have now a more accurate knowledge than of any other physical constant."

"Mathematicians my flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express."

"I have been battering away at Saturn, returning to the charge every now and then. I have effected several breaches in the solid ring, and now I am splash into the fluid one, amid a clash of symbols tr…"

"The only difference between a madman and me is that I am not mad."

"The molecules of a gas are like angry bees in a jar, but far more mathematical."