Man, being the servant and interpreter of Nature, can do and understand so much and so much only as he has observed in fact or thought of the course of nature; beyond this he neither knows anything nor can do anything.

For behavior, men learn it, as they take diseases, one of another.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

It is natural to die as to be born.

The mystery lies in the irrationality by which you make appearance - if it is not irrational, you make illustration.

In nature things move violently to their place, and calmly in their place.

Nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn.