And Thereby Make Ourselves, As It Were,

The Senses Deceive From Time To Time, And It Is Prudent Never To Trust Wholly Those Who Have Deceived Us Even Once.

Wonder Is The First Of All The Passions.

I Did Not Imitate The Skeptics Who Doubt Only For Doubting's Sake, And Pretend To Be Always Undecided; On The Contrary, My Whole Intention Was To Arrive At A Certainty, And To Dig Away The Drift And The Sand Until I Reached The Rock Or The Clay Beneath.

I Am Accustomed To Sleep And In My Dreams To Imagine The Same Things That Lunatics Imagine When Awake.

Common Sense Is The Most Widely Shared Commodity In The World, For Every Man Is Convinced That He Is Well Supplied With It.