Weigh

Famous quotes containing the word weigh:

“Let things alone; let them weigh what they will; let them soar or fall.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“O sleep, O gentle sleep,
Nature’s soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,
That thou no more wilt weigh my eye-lids down
And steep my senses in forgetfulness?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Since we are assured that the all-wise Creator has observed the most exact proportions of number, weight and measure in the make of all things, the most likely way therefore to get any insight into the nature of those parts of the Creation which come within our observation must in all reason be to number, weigh and measure.”
—Stephen Hales (1677–1761)