Every man is a valuable member of society, who, by his observations, researches, and experiments, procures knowledge for men.

- James Smithson

It is in knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness.

- James Smithson

It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the…

- James Smithson

The particle and the planet are subject to the same laws and what is learned of one will be known of the other.

- James Smithson