The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

Alexander created cities everywhere he passed: I have left dreams everywhere I have trailed my life.

Forests were the first temples of the Divinity, and it is in the forests that men have grasped the first idea of architecture.

There is nothing beautiful or sweet or great in life that is not mysterious.

Let us not disdain glory too much; nothing is finer, except virtue. The height of happiness would be to unite both in this life.

An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.

Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.