"I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper."

"I have been called a charlatan, a madman, and a dreamer, but I have always pursued the truth."

"My father was a director of the local gymnasium, and my mother was a woman of strong character and great intelligence."

"It is easier to make a scientific discovery than to explain it to the common man."

"No one nor anything can silence me."