In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

In science, address the few, in literature, the many. In science, the few must dictate opinion to the many; in literature, the many, sooner or later, force their judgment on the few.

In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.

The oldest (graves) are in the front, the newest in the back.