"For it is the property of true philosophy to deduce the causes of all natural effects from the simplest possible principles."

"I consider the world as a stage, and the actions of men as a play, in which every one acts a part."

"We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances."

"Oh, Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest what mischief thou hast done!"

"I have studied these things – you have not."