“Reason now gazes above the realm of the dark but warm feelings as the alpine peaks do above the clouds. They behold the sun more clearly and distinctly, but they are cold and unfruitful”

“The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation”

“Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses”

“The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.”

“We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing”

“Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match”