Patience and persistence are the keys to unlocking the mysteries of mathematics.
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
The melancholy science from which I make this offering to my friend relates to a region that from time immemorial was regarded as the true field of philosophy, but which, since the latter's conversion into method, has lapsed into intellectual neglect, sententious whimsy, and finally oblivion.
