Heinrich Hertz on Mathematical Equations

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What is the quote from Heinrich Hertz on how he could never exhaust the meaning behind a mathematical equation? (It's not mentioned in the Hertz quotations here.)

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In the article linked below, you can find the history of the quote and the original quote in German, which, translated in English, indeed begins with: “We cannot study this wonderful theory without at times feeling…” in reference to Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetism. Hertz said that at a conference in Heidelberg, 1889.

Heinrich Hertz on the wisdom of equations