One can descend by imperceptible degree from the most perfect creature to the most shapeless matter, from the best-organised animal to the roughest mineral.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonThe dog has no ambition, no self-interest, no desire for vengeance, no fear other than that of displeasing.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de BuffonHe [man] abuses equally other animals and his own species, the rest of whom live in famine, languish in misery, and work only to satisfy the immoderate appetite and the still more insatiable vanity of this human being who, destroying others by want, destroys himself by excess.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon