“I am the owner of the sphere,Of the seven stars and the solar year,of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain,Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain.”

“On him the light of star and moon Shall fall with purer radiance down...Him Nature giveth for defenceHis formidable innocencn;The mounting sap, the shells, the sea,All spheres, all stonse, his helpers be...”

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.”

“A difference of taste in jokes, is a great strain on the affections.”

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”

“To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society. I am not solitary whilst I read and write, though nobody is with me. But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars.”

“My life is not an apology, but a life. It is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady.”