“ So many of the properties of matter, especially when in the gaseous form, can be deduced from the hypothesis that their minute parts are in rapid motion, the velocity increasing with the temperature,… James Clerk Maxwell
“ Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science. James Clerk Maxwell
“ It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read the original memoirs on that subject, for science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state... James Clerk Maxwell