"I was unable to devote myself to the learning of this al-jabr [algebra] and the continued concentration upon it, beca…"

"Whoever thinks algebra is a trick in obtaining unknowns has thought it in vain. No attention should be paid to the fa…"

"Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might si…"

"The Grape that can with Logic absolute The Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute."

"Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night Has flung the Stone that puts the Stars to Flight: And Lo! the Hunter of the …"

"Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with th…"

"Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry, "Awake, my Little ones, and fill…"

"Before the phantom of False morning died, Methought a Voice within the Tavern cried, "When all the Temple is prepared…"

"And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before The Tavern shouted — "Open then the Door! You know how little while we …"

"By the help of God and with His precious assistance, I say that Algebra is a scientific art. The objects with which i…"