Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach
English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
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
The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly
Don’t fall in love. Fall off a bridge, it hurts less
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing
Don't disturb my circles
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth
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