A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong
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
A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work
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
He who boasts lowers himself
As if you could kill time without injuring eternity
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar
I have never developed indigestion from eating my words
I will speak daggers to her, but use none
Chance favors the prepared mind
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