"It is not necessary to examine all the arguments against a position, but only the strongest."

"It is a false and dangerous opinion that the authority of Scripture should be preferred to the authority of reason."

"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."

"Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty."

"I cannot but be astonished that Sarsi should persist in trying to prove by means of witnesses something that I may see for myself at any time by means of experiment. Witnesses are examined in doubtful…"