"The heavens are a theater, and the stars are the actors."

"I concluded that this new star was not any kind of comet or fiery meteor... but that it is a star shining in the firmament itself—one that has never previously been seen before our time."

"Without observations, no science."

"I have a tame elk, and it drinks beer."

"I have not found it good to be without a beard, for it gives a certain gravity to the countenance."