In Trying To Defend Everything He Defended

Every Man Must Get To Heaven His Own Way.

It Is Impossible To Imitate Voltaire Without Being Voltaire.

To Your Care And Recommendation Am I Indebted For Having Replaced A Half-blind Mathematician With A Mathematician With Both Eyes, Which Will Especially Please The Anatomical Members Of My Academy.

It Is Pardonable To Be Defeated, But Never To Be Surprised.

The Greatest And Noblest Pleasure Which We Have In This World Is To Discover New Truths, And The Next Is To Shake Off Old Prejudices.