"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."

"It is not the eye that sees, but the soul that sees through the eye."

"I prefer the company of my instruments to that of men."

"I have a brewery in my castle, and I brew my own beer."

"I have lost my nose in a duel, but I have replaced it with a better one."