Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there.

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable desire to seek the truth.

How gloriously legible are the constellations of the heavens!

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

What one man can invent another can discover.

What one man can invent another can discover.