His Second Motto: Thou, Nature, Art My

It May Be True That People Who Are Merely Mathematicians Have Certain Specific Shortcomings; However That Is Not The Fault Of Mathematics, But Is True Of Every Exclusive Occupation. Likewise A Mere Linguist, A Mere Jurist, A Mere Soldier, A Mere Merchant, And So Forth. One Could Add Such Idle Chatter That When A Certain Exclusive Occupation Is Often Connected With Certain Specific Shortcomings, It Is On The Other Hand Always Free Of Certain Other Shortcomings.

Less Depends Upon The Choice Of Words Than Upon This, That Their Introduction Shall Be Justified By Pregnant Theorems.

The Higher Arithmetic Presents Us With An Inexhaustible Store Of Interesting Truths - Of Truths, Too, Which Are Not Isolated, But Stand In A Close Internal Connection, And Between Which, As Our Knowledge Increases, We Are Continually Discovering New And Sometimes Wholly Unexpected Ties.

Sophie Germain Proved To The World That Even A Woman Can Accomplish Something In The Most Rigorous And Abstract Of Sciences And For That Reason Would Well Have Deserved An Honorary Degree.

Mathematics Is The Queen Of Sciences And Number Theory Is The Queen Of Mathematics. She Often Condescends To Render Service To Astronomy And Other Natural Sciences, But In All Relations She Is Entitled To The First Rank.