"I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds."

"Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach."

"I am working on the conversion of magnetism into electricity, and I have every hope of success."

"The human mind is a wonderful thing, and it is capable of doing wonders."

"I shall be as patient as I can."