"For Mathematical Sciences, he that doubts their certainty, hath need of a dose of Hellebore."

"The knowledge we have of the Mathematicks, hath no reason to elate us; since by them we know but numbers, and figures…"

"The Woman in us, still prosecutes a deceit, like that begun in the Garden."

"The Understanding also hath its Idiosyncrasies, as well as other faculties."

"The Sages of old live again in us; and in opinions there is a Metempsychosis."

"Time as a River, hath brought down to us what is more light and superficial; while things more solid and substantial …"

"The precipitancy of disputation, and the stir and noise of Passions, that usually attend it, must needs be prejudicia…"

"The indisputable Mathematicks, the only Science Heaven hath yet vouchsaft Humanity, have but few Votaries among the s…"

"The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith; and Faith is an Act of Reason."

"We cannot conceive how the Fœtus is form'd in the Womb, nor as much as how a Plant springs from the Earth we tread on…"