'Of don Jorge Juan y Santacilia, whose subtle ingenuity, perceptive liveliness and penetrating shrewdness was accompanied by a very diligent genius, with which, by cultivating his talents, he enriched Science and enlightened the Nation, it can truly be affirmed that even more than his talents with which he was distinguished, the virtues with which Heaven had endowed him so generously stood out to the extent that they could complement each other, but not be outshone'.
                                         SANZ