A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work
English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God
I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it
I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion
There is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle
The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly
There is no sickness worse for me that words that to be kind must lie.
The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal
If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9, then you would have the key to the universe
To earn a suspicious living is worse than begging
One hand has surely worked throughout the universe
The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred
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