"Who would believe that so small a..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“A long life is a life well spent.”

“Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown.”

“Science is the observation of things possible, whether present or past; prescience is the knowledge of things which may come to pass, though but slowly.”

“This whole earth in which we inhabit is but a point is space.”

“This is a universe that does not favor the timid.”

“The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were wax, now molds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it uses the material for a tree, then for a man, then for something else.”

“One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.”

“Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light.”

“I drink to make other people more interesting.”