"I have been a philosopher, and I have pondered the meaning of life."

"I have often been poor, but I have always been rich in spirit."

"See, I cast the die, and I write the book. Whether it is to be read by the people of the present or of the future makes no difference: let it await its reader for a hundred years, if God himself has s…"

"Some of what these pamphlets [of astrological forecasts] say will turn out to be true, but most of it time and experience will expose as empty and worthless. The latter part will be forgotten [literal…"

"God himself is the first and greatest geometrician."