There is no less invention in aptly applying a thought found in a book, than in being the first author of the thought.
ROBERT BOYLE
The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry rolled up, which we are not able to see all at once, but must be content to wait for the discovery of its beauty, and symmetry, little by little, as it graduallly comes to be more and more unfolded, or displayed.
