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

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

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

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which.

Talent is nothing but long impatience.

Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.

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