Nature Loves Simplicity And Unity.

The Heavenly Motions... Are Nothing But A Continuous Song For Several Voices, Perceived Not By The Ear But By The Intellect, A Figured Music Which Sets Landmarks In The Immeasurable Flow Of Time.

Since We Astronomers Are Priests Of The Highest God In Regard To The Book Of Nature, It Befits Us To Be Thoughtful, Not Of The Glory Of Our Minds, But Rather, Above All Else, Of The Glory Of God.

If Two Stones Were Placed... Near Each Other, And Beyond The Sphere Of Influence Of A Third Cognate Body, These Stones, Like Two Magnetic Needles, Would Come Together In The Intermediate Point, Each Approaching The Other By A Space Proportional To The Comparative Mass Of The Other.

Geometry Has Two Great Treasures; One Is The Theorem Of Pythagoras; The Other, The Division Of A Line Into Extreme And Mean Ratio. The First We May Compare To A Measure Of Gold; The Second We May Name A Precious Jewel.

The Creator, The Fountain Of All Wisdom, The Approver Of Perpetual Order, The Eternal And Superessential Spring Of Geometry And Harmonics.