“Whoever despises the high wisdom of mathematics nourishes himself on delusion and will never still the sophistic sciences whose only product is an eternal uproar.”

“A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.”

“Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose”

“Nature is constrained by the cause of her laws which dwell inborn in her. Variant: Nature is constrained by the order of her own law which lives and works within her.”

“Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor.”

“That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.”

“Everything yields to diligence.”

“He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.”