He Swallowed A Lot Of Wisdom, But

Cautiousness In Judgment Is Nowadays To Be Recommended To Each And Every One: If We Gained Only One Incontestable Truth Every Ten Years From Each Of Our Philosophical Writers The Harvest We Reaped Would Be Sufficient.

The Natural Scientists Of The Previous Age Knew Less Than We Do And Believed They Were Very Close To The Goal: We Have Taken Very Great Steps In Its Direction And Now Discover We Are Still Very Far Away From It. With The Most Rational Philosophers An Increase In Their Knowledge Is Always Attended By An Increased Conviction Of Their Ignorance.

Whenever He Composes A Critical Review, I Have Been Told, He Gets An Enormous Erection.

It Is Hardly To Be Believed How Spiritual Reflections When Mixed With A Little Physics Can Hold People's Attention And Give Them A Livelier Idea Of God Than Do The Often Ill-applied Examples Of His Wrath.

Nothing Puts A Greater Obstacle In The Way Of The Progress Of Knowledge Than Thinking That One Knows What One Does Not Yet Know.