"Nature is not a goddess, but a machine."

"The proper method of inquiry is to begin with experiments and then proceed to reasoning."

"The more accurately we know the properties of things, the better we can employ them."

"I have always been of the opinion, that the best way to arrive at truth, is to proceed by way of experiment and observation."

"I have ever esteemed it a part of my duty to make the world acquainted with what I have done."