"He who fears dangers will not perish..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.”

“Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.”

“Nature has placed in the front part of man, as he moves, all those parts which when struck cause him to feel pain; and this is felt in the joints of the legs, the forehead and the nose, and has been so devised for the preservation of man, because if such pain were not felt in these limbs they would be destroyed by the many blows they receive.”

“The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs.”

“As I slowly grow wise I briskly grow cautious.”

“What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.”

“To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not even turn out to be the greatest blessings of human beings. And yet people fear it as if they knew for certain it is the greatest evil.”

“Now as he watched Katie toying with a ring that wasn't there, he felt his old investigative instincts kick in. There'd been a husband, he thought; her husband was the missing element. Either she was still married or she wasn't, but he had an undeniable hunch that Katie was still afraid of him.”

“I've gotten into this nasty habit of running away from love, but maybe one day I can find the exception to that.”