Sire, there is no royal road to geometry.

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.

Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another.

A line is length without breadth.

In right-angled triangles the square on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares on the sides containing the right angle.

Better balance, less pain and less restless leg syndrome.

Give him threepence, since he must make a gain out of what he learns.

And the whole is greater than the part.

A prime number is one (which is) measured by a unit alone.

A straight line is said to have been cut in extreme and mean ratio when, as the whole line is to the greater segment, so is the greater to the lesser.

Liberty! -- Electric word!

I actually think I play better now than Ive ever played.

The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others.

The bee fertilizes the flower it robs.

The biggest threat facing America is terrorists with weapons of mass destruction.

There are poets and there are grownups.

Nobody with a victim mentality will get anywhere. Ever. They will never succeed.

[My childhood was ] spiritual than religious.

I want to be transparent, so I don't leave room for too much thinking.

One night I looked down and my rosary beads were glowing. And I realized that I did not want to see the blessed Virgin - I was terrified.